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Small Scallop

Idaea emarginata

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 1,655, February 1,222, March 1,915, April 3,013, May 4,344, June 4,737, July 5,069, August 4,359, September 3,200, October 2,389, November 1,305, December 1,020.
United States34,227
Alaska34,227
Finland190
Russia168
Netherlands83
Poland83
Germany76
Uusimaa72
United Kingdom66
England65

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
GenusIdaea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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