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Mediterranean Brocade

Spodoptera littoralis

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 7, February 10, March 3, April 8, May 7, June 9, July 9, August 5, September 18, October 94, November 48, December 11.
Spain229
Portugal172
South Africa142
Italy114
Andalucía82
Turkey80
FARO75
Região Autónoma dos Açores74
Isole68
KwaZulu-Natal53

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

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

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