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Clay Triple-Lines

Cyclophora linearia

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

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

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 953, February 704, March 1,103, April 1,735, May 2,501, June 2,727, July 2,918, August 2,510, September 1,843, October 1,375, November 752, December 587.
United States19,708
Alaska19,708
Germany1,057
Austria731
Saarland662
Steiermark566
Switzerland407
Portugal170
France168
United Kingdom166

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
GenusMochas · Cyclophora

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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