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Scarce Straw Pearl

Paracorsia repandalis

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 Ontario.January 8, February 8, March 12, April 24, May 47, June 22, July 17, August 38, September 16, October 13, November 8, December 7.
United States731
Canada412
Ontario197
New York175
Massachusetts113
British Columbia105
Alberta103
France102
Michigan91
Switzerland88

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
FamilyCrambid Snout Moths · Crambidae
GenusParacorsia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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