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Freckled Glassy-wing

Pseudohemihyalea labecula

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 Arizona.January 25, February 23, March 30, April 40, May 36, June 18, July 22, August 30, September 20, October 19, November 19, December 22.
United States1,080
Arizona303
Colorado245
New Mexico235
Texas180
Utah116
Minnesota1

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusPseudohemihyalea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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