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Dingy Shell

Euchoeca nebulata

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 1,021, February 754, March 1,181, April 1,858, May 2,679, June 2,922, July 3,126, August 2,689, September 1,974, October 1,473, November 805, December 629.
United States21,111
Alaska21,111
Austria75
Germany69
France65
United Kingdom63
England60
Steiermark47
Russia45
Switzerland37

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusEuchoeca

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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