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Pine False Looper Moth

Zale duplicata

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 Ontario.January 24, February 25, March 39, April 77, May 147, June 69, July 52, August 47, September 49, October 40, November 25, December 23.
United States1,598
Canada877
Ontario617
Michigan399
New York249
Quebec149
Massachusetts142
Wisconsin91
Colorado61
Connecticut61

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
GenusZale Moths · Zale

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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