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New Mexico Carpet Moth

Archirhoe neomexicana

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 Arizona.January 22, February 20, March 26, April 35, May 32, June 16, July 19, August 26, September 19, October 17, November 20, December 19.
United States1,328
Arizona767
California457
Texas302
New Mexico267
Nevada70
Colorado47
Mexico33
Utah30
Oklahoma9

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusArchirhoe

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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