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Tomato Semilooper

Chrysodeixis acuta

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 South Africa.January 1, February 5, March 3, April 4, May 0, June 0, July 0, August 0, September 0, October 0, November 0, December 1.
South Africa14
India14
China7
Tamil Nādu6
West Bengal5
Australia4
Queensland4
KwaZulu-Natal4
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region4
Spain3

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
GenusChrysodeixis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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