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The Cosmopolitan

Leucania loreyi

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) glenmaddison, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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 Portugal.January 9, February 22, March 23, April 20, May 46, June 38, July 36, August 62, September 18, October 84, November 57, December 11.
Portugal426
Spain297
PORTO149
Italy143
FARO97
Andalucía84
France83
SETÚBAL48
Nord-Est44
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur43

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
GenusLeucania

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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