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Common Heath

Ematurga atomaria

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 3,154, February 2,330, March 3,650, April 5,743, May 8,280, June 9,029, July 9,662, August 8,309, September 6,100, October 4,553, November 2,488, December 1,945.
United States65,244
Alaska65,244
Russia3,281
Austria2,353
France2,304
Germany2,303
Italy1,800
United Kingdom1,148
Finland1,147
Nord-Ovest929

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
GenusEmaturga

Sources

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