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Gray-winged Owlet Moth

Lesmone griseipennis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 24, February 22, March 29, April 38, May 35, June 17, July 21, August 30, September 19, October 18, November 18, December 21.
United States436
Arizona290
Texas82
New Mexico64
Mexico4
Sonora2
Baja California Sur1
Michoacan de Ocampo1

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
GenusLesmone

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Gray-winged Owlet Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.