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Red-necked Footman

Atolmis rubricollis

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 1,385, February 1,023, March 1,603, April 2,522, May 3,637, June 3,966, July 4,243, August 3,649, September 2,679, October 2,000, November 1,093, December 854.
United States28,655
Alaska28,655
Germany907
Russia403
Austria348
United Kingdom282
France224
Finland181
Bayern181
Switzerland175

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusAtolmis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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