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Goatweed Leafwing

Anaea andria

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 488, February 467, March 1,222, April 1,007, May 617, June 302, July 346, August 357, September 330, October 554, November 458, December 444.
United States9,018
Texas6,248
Oklahoma752
Arkansas627
Missouri361
Kansas253
Louisiana203
Illinois158
Tennessee125
Mississippi114

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
FamilyBrush-footed Butterflies · Nymphalidae
GenusAnaea

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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