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Rose Plume Moth

Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla

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 183, February 135, March 211, April 333, May 480, June 523, July 560, August 481, September 353, October 264, November 144, December 113.
United States4,402
Alaska3,779
Canada1,073
Ontario694
Quebec318
New York227
Michigan193
Illinois71
Germany71
France70

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
FamilyPlume Moths · Pterophoridae
GenusCnaemidophorus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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