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Eight-spot Moth

Amyna stricta

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 Texas.January 160, February 153, March 174, April 330, May 202, June 98, July 214, August 284, September 368, October 461, November 185, December 146.
United States1,936
Texas1,817
Oklahoma37
Canada28
Ontario28
Louisiana21
Mexico19
Colombia14
Missouri10
Meta10

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
GenusAmyna

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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