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Tissue Moth

Triphosa haesitata

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 Washington.January 87, February 76, March 86, April 115, May 144, June 110, July 90, August 229, September 99, October 80, November 70, December 80.
United States2,281
Canada2,053
Washington1,505
British Columbia814
Oregon660
Ontario565
Quebec470
California270
Michigan85
Idaho80

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
GenusTriphosa

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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