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Highland Marble

Phiaris metallicana

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) boguo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 92, February 68, March 107, April 168, May 242, June 264, July 283, August 243, September 178, October 133, November 73, December 57.
United States1,912
Alaska1,909
Canada117
Russia36
Alberta35
British Columbia34
Austria17
Quebec12
Finland11
Kärnten11

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
FamilyTortricid Leafroller Moths · Tortricidae
GenusPhiaris

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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