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Lilac Pyralid

Palpita nigropunctalis

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 Japan.January 8, February 24, March 98, April 53, May 82, June 16, July 12, August 5, September 48, October 65, November 33, December 14.
Japan458
Tokyo128
South Korea54
Kyoto Prefecture51
China48
Kanagawa42
South Chungcheong31
Osaka Prefecture29
Okinawa Prefecture27
Ibaraki25

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
FamilyCrambid Snout Moths · Crambidae
GenusPalpita Moths · Palpita

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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