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Tobacco Budworm Moth

Chloridea virescens

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 28, February 24, March 25, April 31, May 30, June 33, July 46, August 37, September 44, October 53, November 32, December 25.
United States1,652
California307
Texas221
North Carolina103
Nebraska89
New York75
New Jersey64
Virginia62
Oklahoma60
Canada53

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
GenusChloridea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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