Insects › Burnet Moths

Grapeleaf Skeletonizer Moth

Harrisina americana

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 52, February 54, March 85, April 167, May 320, June 150, July 366, August 144, September 107, October 88, November 55, December 49.
United States8,781
Canada1,835
Ontario1,342
New York834
Texas653
Virginia604
Quebec599
Alabama586
Louisiana516
Maryland481

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
FamilyBurnet Moths · Zygaenidae
GenusHarrisina

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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