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Inept Graphic

Drasteria inepta

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 New Mexico.January 20, February 19, March 21, April 31, May 39, June 24, July 24, August 26, September 26, October 21, November 18, December 21.
United States917
New Mexico290
Texas233
Colorado225
Arizona100
Utah38
Wyoming22
Nebraska4
South Dakota3
Idaho1

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
GenusDrasteria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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