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Common Hyppa Moth

Hyppa xylinoides

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 36, February 37, March 59, April 116, May 223, June 119, July 79, August 138, September 75, October 61, November 38, December 34.
United States1,836
Canada1,538
Ontario934
New York568
Quebec495
Michigan244
Vermont177
Nova Scotia153
Massachusetts144
Minnesota110

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusHyppa

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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