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European Common Grey

Scoparia ambigualis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,751, February 1,293, March 2,026, April 3,187, May 4,596, June 5,011, July 5,363, August 4,612, September 3,386, October 2,527, November 1,381, December 1,079.
United States36,213
Alaska36,213
United Kingdom362
England298
Finland131
Germany84
Finland Proper69
Scotland55
Bayern54
Uusimaa24

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
FamilyCrambid Snout Moths · Crambidae
GenusScoparia

Sources

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