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Cloaked Carpet

Euphyia biangulata

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 271, February 200, March 313, April 493, May 711, June 775, July 829, August 713, September 524, October 391, November 214, December 167.
United States5,601
Alaska5,601
France138
Spain85
Denmark52
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes45
United Kingdom34
England32
Galicia30
Russia30

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
GenusEuphyia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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