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Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth

Spoladea recurvalis

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 Texas.January 408, February 390, March 443, April 841, May 515, June 250, July 379, August 434, September 808, October 1,443, November 584, December 371.
United States11,384
Texas5,004
India3,471
Australia2,551
China1,674
Queensland1,505
Mexico1,474
Spain1,100
New South Wales730
Virginia722

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
GenusSpoladea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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