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Scar bank gem

Ctenoplusia limbirena

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 New Zealand.January 77, February 105, March 92, April 106, May 70, June 30, July 14, August 9, September 26, October 37, November 30, December 49.
New Zealand645
Portugal256
Auckland Region222
Australia139
Waikato Region115
Wellington Region101
New South Wales86
South Africa78
Spain72
LISBOA67

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
GenusCtenoplusia

Sources

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