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Tree Lucerne Moth

Uresiphita ornithopteralis

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 Australia.January 243, February 150, March 272, April 335, May 194, June 91, July 57, August 142, September 396, October 421, November 198, December 166.
Australia2,665
Victoria1,083
Queensland441
New South Wales403
South Australia384
Western Australia171
Tasmania103
Australian Capital Territory68
New Zealand45
Northland Region37

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
GenusUresiphita

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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