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Straw Belle

Aspitates gilvaria

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 97, February 72, March 112, April 177, May 255, June 278, July 297, August 256, September 188, October 140, November 77, December 60.
United States2,007
Alaska2,007
France162
Spain105
Occitanie54
Russia45
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes42
Castilla y León41
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur39
Cataluña/Catalunya29

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusAspitates

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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