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Oriental Armyworm

Mythimna separata

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusMythimna

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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