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Brown House Moth

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

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 3,458, February 2,554, March 4,002, April 6,296, May 9,078, June 9,899, July 10,592, August 9,109, September 6,688, October 4,992, November 2,728, December 2,132.
United States71,904
Alaska71,527
United Kingdom3,562
England3,142
Germany1,074
New Zealand635
Denmark523
Netherlands454
France306
Canada301

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
FamilyConcealer Moths · Oecophoridae
GenusHofmannophila

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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