Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Insects › Swift Moths

Four-spotted Ghost Moth

Sthenopis purpurascens

Learn Four-spotted Ghost Moth freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) mrtwister, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

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 20, February 14, March 23, April 36, May 52, June 56, July 60, August 52, September 38, October 28, November 15, December 12.
Canada1,527
United States550
Alaska406
Ontario334
Nunavut327
Alberta264
Quebec228
British Columbia120
Manitoba107
Saskatchewan77

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
FamilySwift Moths · Hepialidae
GenusSthenopis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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

Create a free accountHow it works