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Square-spotted Clay

Xestia stigmatica

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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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 430, February 318, March 498, April 783, May 1,130, June 1,232, July 1,318, August 1,133, September 832, October 621, November 339, December 265.
United States8,900
Alaska8,900
Switzerland82
France74
Germany68
Italy59
Austria55
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes37
Denmark29
Centro27

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
GenusXestia

Sources

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

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