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Scarlet Tiger

Callimorpha dominula

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 Alaska.January 906, February 669, March 1,048, April 1,649, May 2,378, June 2,593, July 2,775, August 2,386, September 1,752, October 1,308, November 715, December 559.
United States18,738
Alaska18,738
United Kingdom4,784
England4,604
Germany765
Austria629
France541
Italy456
Steiermark328
Russia295

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
GenusCallimorpha

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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