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Green Pug

Pasiphila rectangulata

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 79, February 81, March 129, April 252, May 483, June 1,109, July 448, August 154, September 162, October 133, November 83, December 74.
United States122,927
Canada5,751
Ontario3,482
Quebec1,173
New York1,051
Massachusetts999
United Kingdom860
England809
Vermont595
Michigan545

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusPasiphila

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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