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Ultronia Underwing

Catocala ultronia

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 New York.January 128, February 127, March 171, April 299, May 514, June 251, July 189, August 172, September 201, October 185, November 126, December 117.
United States10,783
New York2,482
Canada2,089
Pennsylvania1,610
Ontario1,468
Massachusetts969
Michigan654
Virginia442
Connecticut439
Ohio422

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
GenusUnderwing Moths · Catocala

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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