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Hebe Tiger Moth

Arctia festiva

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 Ukraine.January 5, February 4, March 44, April 72, May 88, June 2, July 0, August 0, September 0, October 4, November 5, December 2.
Ukraine226
Greece104
Autonomous Republic of Crimea99
France88
Mykolaiv Oblast81
Russia78
Spain67
Italy58
Occitanie53
Sud53

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusArctia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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