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Spruce Needleworm Moth

Hypsopygia thymetusalis

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 Ontario.January 6, February 6, March 10, April 19, May 37, June 17, July 24, August 12, September 12, October 10, November 6, December 6.
Canada348
Ontario155
United States149
Quebec117
Minnesota33
Michigan30
New York16
Nova Scotia15
New Hampshire14
Newfoundland and Labrador14

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusHayworms · Hypsopygia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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