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Clouded Brindle

Apamea epomidion

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 664, February 490, March 768, April 1,209, May 1,742, June 1,900, July 2,033, August 1,749, September 1,284, October 958, November 524, December 409.
United States13,730
Alaska13,730
United Kingdom125
England115
Germany40
Switzerland29
Austria29
France27
Bayern14
Île-de-France13

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusApamea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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