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Hoary Footman

Eilema caniola

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 Alaska.January 940, February 694, March 1,088, April 1,711, May 2,467, June 2,690, July 2,879, August 2,476, September 1,818, October 1,357, November 741, December 579.
United States19,439
Alaska19,439
Spain988
Portugal949
France637
FARO319
Switzerland256
Italy253
Bulgaria206
Germany180

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusEilema

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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