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Ramie Moth

Arcte coerula

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 Japan.January 16, February 9, March 25, April 48, May 65, June 37, July 42, August 77, September 88, October 88, November 55, December 23.
Japan573
China341
Taiwan208
Taiwan Province204
Tokyo103
Kanagawa65
New Taipei58
South Korea53
Zhejiang Province46
Kyoto Prefecture40

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
GenusArcte

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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