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Gray-streaked Armyworm Moth

Spodoptera albula

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 11, March 13, April 24, May 15, June 7, July 7, August 7, September 11, October 23, November 15, December 11.
United States151
Texas132
Brazil10
Ceara6
Espirito Santo2
Sao Paulo2
Panama2
Provincia de Chiriquí2
Canada1
Oklahoma1

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusArmyworm Moths · Spodoptera

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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