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Dotted Clay

Xestia baja

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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 Alaska.January 7,698, February 5,686, March 8,908, April 14,015, May 20,207, June 22,034, July 23,578, August 20,277, September 14,887, October 11,112, November 6,072, December 4,746.
United States159,221
Alaska159,221
United Kingdom1,005
Scotland808
Russia556
Finland369
Germany200
England182
Spain154
Austria108

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
GenusXestia

Sources

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

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