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Bank's Emerald Moth

Chlorosea banksaria

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 California.January 9, February 8, March 9, April 11, May 10, June 10, July 6, August 7, September 8, October 9, November 11, December 8.
United States190
California104
Canada56
British Columbia46
Washington41
Oregon23
Nevada14
Alberta10
Colorado3
Idaho2

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
GenusChlorosea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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