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Dewick's Plusia

Macdunnoughia confusa

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 976, February 721, March 1,129, April 1,776, May 2,561, June 2,793, July 2,988, August 2,570, September 1,887, October 1,408, November 770, December 601.
United States20,179
Alaska20,179
Russia628
Austria533
France437
Germany395
Steiermark355
Spain275
Italy222
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes190

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
GenusMacdunnoughia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Dewick's Plusia with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.