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bilberry emerald

Jodis putata

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 1,083, February 800, March 1,253, April 1,971, May 2,842, June 3,099, July 3,317, August 2,852, September 2,094, October 1,563, November 854, December 668.
United States22,396
Alaska22,396
Finland336
Russia179
Sweden79
Austria71
Germany60
Uusimaa56
Finland Proper51
Poland49

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
GenusJodis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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