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Sharp Angle Shades

Conservula anodonta

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 10, February 11, March 17, April 33, May 64, June 30, July 135, August 20, September 21, October 17, November 11, December 10.
United States622
Canada463
Ontario267
New York241
Quebec163
Vermont84
New Hampshire64
Massachusetts62
Maine42
Minnesota39

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusConservula

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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