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Spiny Hook-Tip

Watsonalla uncinula

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

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Portugal.January 27, February 52, March 145, April 125, May 76, June 49, July 76, August 88, September 63, October 67, November 45, December 27.
Portugal840
France728
Spain701
Occitanie298
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur253
FARO207
Andalucía183
PORTO172
Cataluña/Catalunya130
SETÚBAL122

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
FamilyHooktip and False Owlet Moths · Drepanidae
GenusWatsonalla

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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