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Snowy Urola Moth

Urola nivalis

18,266 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 291, February 279, March 345, April 601, May 368, June 341, July 447, August 244, September 282, October 291, November 273, December 265.
United States15,918
Texas3,864
Canada2,250
Ontario1,812
New York1,709
Virginia1,230
Maryland999
Massachusetts653
Ohio598
Alabama493

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
FamilyCrambid Snout Moths · Crambidae
GenusUrola

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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