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Third Flower Moth

Schinia tertia

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 38, February 36, March 41, April 77, May 47, June 23, July 21, August 21, September 155, October 38, November 35, December 34.
United States1,019
Texas426
Oklahoma191
Kansas108
New Mexico84
Colorado62
California35
Nebraska28
Iowa19
Canada18

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusSchinia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Third Flower Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.