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Green Cloverworm Moth

Hypena scabra

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 881, February 930, March 957, April 1,817, May 1,113, June 540, July 486, August 501, September 732, October 1,494, November 1,467, December 1,338.
United States49,730
Texas11,445
Canada4,877
Ontario3,963
Maryland3,578
Ohio3,152
Illinois2,565
Virginia2,509
North Carolina2,309
Alabama2,206

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
GenusHypena

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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