Insects › Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths

Florida Tetanolita Moth

Tetanolita floridana

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 Alabama.January 15, February 17, March 18, April 31, May 22, June 25, July 72, August 11, September 19, October 16, November 13, December 13.
United States2,995
Alabama837
Pennsylvania358
Texas228
New Jersey216
West Virginia212
Virginia210
New York205
Maryland182
Canada150

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusTetanolita

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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