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Ringed China-Mark

Parapoynx stratiotata

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 1,647, February 1,216, March 1,906, April 2,998, May 4,323, June 4,714, July 5,044, August 4,338, September 3,185, October 2,377, November 1,299, December 1,015.
United States34,064
Alaska34,064
United Kingdom727
England718
France528
Russia449
Germany429
Denmark304
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur140
Austria131

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
FamilyCrambid Snout Moths · Crambidae
GenusParapoynx

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Ringed China-Mark with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.