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Black-veined Moth

Siona lineata

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 1,638, February 1,210, March 1,895, April 2,982, May 4,300, June 4,688, July 5,017, August 4,315, September 3,168, October 2,364, November 1,292, December 1,010.
United States33,879
Alaska33,879
Russia1,568
Germany1,174
France598
Austria532
Poland393
Ukraine353
Denmark300
Czechia292

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
GenusSiona

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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