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Silver Shade

Eana argentana

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 127, February 94, March 147, April 231, May 333, June 363, July 388, August 334, September 245, October 183, November 100, December 78.
United States2,703
Alaska2,623
Canada358
Russia170
Alberta148
British Columbia131
Italy112
France98
Switzerland81
Nunavut67

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
FamilyTortricid Leafroller Moths · Tortricidae
GenusEana

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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