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Rabbitbush Flower Moth

Schinia unimacula

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 Colorado.January 6, February 4, March 6, April 12, May 18, June 11, July 10, August 13, September 8, October 6, November 5, December 5.
United States300
Colorado100
New Mexico34
California31
Utah31
Nevada28
Texas24
Oregon20
Wyoming14
Canada7

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
GenusSchinia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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