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Double-striped Knot-horn

Cryptoblabes bistriga

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) paulsullivan25, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 151, February 112, March 175, April 275, May 397, June 432, July 463, August 398, September 292, October 218, November 119, December 93.
United States3,125
Alaska3,125
United Kingdom15
England13
Germany10
Denmark10
Saarland7
Midtjylland7
Austria6
Russia6

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusCryptoblabes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Double-striped Knot-horn with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.