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Rusty Wave

Idaea inquinata

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25 photos

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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 11, February 8, March 13, April 20, May 29, June 32, July 34, August 29, September 22, October 16, November 9, December 7.
United States230
Alaska230
Germany125
Australia91
Victoria83
Austria76
Czechia44
Bayern41
Italy40
Baden-Württemberg40

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

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

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