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Swift Pug

Eupithecia jejunata

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 12, February 12, March 128, April 25, May 15, June 7, July 7, August 7, September 8, October 9, November 11, December 11.
United States194
Texas146
Virginia13
Oklahoma9
Alabama8
West Virginia5
Maryland5
Georgia4
Ohio4
Massachusetts3

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusPug Moths · Eupithecia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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