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Brown Angle Shades

Phlogophora periculosa

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 37, February 38, March 60, April 117, May 226, June 106, July 80, August 412, September 76, October 62, November 39, December 35.
United States3,654
Canada2,825
Ontario946
New York884
Quebec692
Massachusetts578
British Columbia332
Nova Scotia331
Michigan232
Vermont207

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

Remember the name next time.

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