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Arched Hooktip Moth

Drepana arcuata

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 New York.January 179, February 177, March 239, April 418, May 718, June 351, July 265, August 241, September 280, October 259, November 177, December 164.
United States11,811
Canada4,934
New York3,467
Ontario2,537
Vermont1,131
Quebec1,022
Massachusetts904
Nova Scotia545
Maine531
New Hampshire441

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
FamilyHooktip and False Owlet Moths · Drepanidae
GenusDrepana

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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