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Light Magpie

Abraxas pantaria

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 Portugal.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 3, June 17, July 9, August 30, September 10, October 9, November 1, December 0.
Portugal79
Spain44
France44
SANTARÉM28
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur27
Aragón18
Occitanie16
LISBOA13
Galicia9
BRAGA8

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
GenusMagpie Moths · Abraxas

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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