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thyme moth

Scrobipalpa artemisiella

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 22, February 16, March 26, April 41, May 59, June 64, July 68, August 59, September 43, October 32, November 18, December 14.
United States462
Alaska462
Germany4
Bayern4
Russia1
Moscow Oblast1

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
FamilyTwirler Moths · Gelechiidae
GenusScrobipalpa

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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