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Olive Angle Shades

Phlogophora iris

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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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 54, February 55, March 88, April 171, May 329, June 619, July 177, August 105, September 110, October 90, November 57, December 50.
Canada3,023
United States2,382
Ontario1,381
New York751
Quebec642
Michigan268
Vermont239
Nova Scotia231
Massachusetts212
Minnesota199

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
GenusPhlogophora

Sources

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

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