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Kentish Cosmet

Mompha sturnipennella

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 Finland.January 5, February 1, March 7, April 17, May 32, June 10, July 3, August 4, September 10, October 6, November 0, December 1.
Finland96
Russia93
Moscow Oblast23
Pirkanmaa22
Quebec15
Uusimaa15
Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug – Ugra12
Keski-Pohjanmaa10
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast10
Smolensk Oblast10

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
FamilyMomphidae
GenusMompha

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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