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Four-lined Arches

Lacinipolia quadrilineata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) hawkparty, some rights reserved (CC BY)

26 photos

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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 California.January 34, February 29, March 30, April 58, May 44, June 27, July 23, August 24, September 30, October 30, November 39, December 30.
United States454
California371
Oregon36
Arizona34
New Mexico8
Nevada3
Washington2

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusLacinipolia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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