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Triple-blotched Bell

Notocelia trimaculana

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 160, February 118, March 185, April 291, May 419, June 457, July 489, August 421, September 309, October 230, November 126, December 98.
United States3,308
Alaska3,302
United Kingdom42
England42
France15
Germany11
Hungary9
Denmark7
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur6
Pest6

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
FamilyTortricid Leafroller Moths · Tortricidae
GenusNotocelia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Triple-blotched Bell with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.