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Fall Webworm Moth

Hyphantria cunea

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 Texas.January 617, February 590, March 671, April 1,530, May 780, June 1,344, July 391, August 351, September 417, October 782, November 579, December 561.
United States53,929
Canada11,737
Texas10,209
Ontario6,449
North Carolina3,853
Ohio3,199
Maryland2,678
Virginia2,656
Georgia2,337
Louisiana2,100

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
GenusHyphantria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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