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Brown Cosmet

Mompha miscella

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 21, February 15, March 24, April 38, May 54, June 59, July 64, August 55, September 40, October 30, November 16, December 13.
United States429
Alaska429
Switzerland17
France15
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur8
Genève7
Spain6
Hungary6
Austria5
Graubünden5

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
FamilyMomphidae
GenusMompha

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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