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Jasmine Moth

Palpita vitrealis

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 323, February 238, March 374, April 588, May 848, June 924, July 989, August 850, September 624, October 466, November 255, December 199.
United States6,678
Alaska6,678
Spain1,363
Portugal1,265
Italy842
France721
Austria354
Andalucía350
FARO334
South Africa316

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
GenusPalpita Moths · Palpita

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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