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European Pepper Moth

Duponchelia fovealis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 94, February 70, March 109, April 172, May 248, June 270, July 289, August 249, September 183, October 136, November 75, December 58.
United States2,296
Alaska1,954
Spain285
Italy256
Portugal215
France143
South Africa133
California128
Nord-Est116
Andalucía106

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
GenusDuponchelia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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