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Sweetfern Underwing Moth

Catocala antinympha

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 Ontario.January 19, February 19, March 31, April 60, May 115, June 54, July 41, August 63, September 39, October 32, November 20, December 18.
United States1,841
Canada692
Ontario482
Massachusetts426
New York417
Michigan300
Connecticut122
Maine113
Quebec113
New Hampshire94

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
GenusUnderwing Moths · Catocala

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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