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Lead-coloured Drab

Orthosia populeti

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 1,263, February 933, March 1,462, April 2,300, May 3,316, June 3,615, July 3,869, August 3,327, September 2,443, October 1,823, November 996, December 779.
United States26,125
Alaska26,125
Russia266
France131
Grand Est91
Finland70
Germany61
Bryansk Oblast56
Kirov Oblast46
Finland Proper37

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
GenusOrthosia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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