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Wild Forget-me-not Moth

Gnophaela latipennis

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 California.January 77, February 67, March 70, April 86, May 129, June 201, July 272, August 54, September 68, October 70, November 90, December 69.
United States1,058
California850
Oregon110
Nevada101
Canada10
Alberta6
Nunavut4
Idaho1

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusGnophaela

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Wild Forget-me-not Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.