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Rusty Speranza Moth

Speranza brunneata

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 Alaska.January 495, February 366, March 573, April 902, May 1,300, June 1,418, July 1,517, August 1,305, September 958, October 715, November 391, December 305.
United States10,438
Alaska10,244
Canada596
Russia196
Ontario170
Finland161
Germany141
Quebec105
Poland90
Austria85

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusSperanza

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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