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Aspen Hawkmoth

Laothoe amurensis

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 Alaska.January 233, February 172, March 270, April 425, May 613, June 668, July 715, August 615, September 451, October 337, November 184, December 144.
United States4,827
Alaska4,827
Russia236
China64
Hebei Province29
Omsk Oblast29
Altai Krai27
Kirov Oblast18
Beijing Municipality17
South Korea17

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
FamilySphinx Moths · Sphingidae
GenusLaothoe

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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