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Scops Witch Moth

Feigeria scops

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 Brazil.January 7, February 5, March 9, April 11, May 23, June 9, July 11, August 7, September 12, October 4, November 4, December 13.
Brazil115
Acre22
Costa Rica21
Peru18
Mato Grosso17
Minas Gerais17
Ecuador13
Panama12
Goias11
Distrito Federal9

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
FamilyUnderwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths · Erebidae
GenusFeigeria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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