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Banded Pearl

Sameodes cancellalis

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 Australia.January 65, February 70, March 78, April 115, May 73, June 42, July 34, August 29, September 10, October 10, November 12, December 23.
Australia561
India459
Queensland423
Singapore317
NORTH REGION205
South Africa190
Northern Territory126
China107
KwaZulu-Natal84
Kerala80

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
GenusSameodes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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