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Middle-barred Minor

Oligia fasciuncula

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 6,136, February 4,532, March 7,100, April 11,171, May 16,106, June 17,563, July 18,793, August 16,162, September 11,866, October 8,857, November 4,840, December 3,783.
United States126,908
Alaska126,908
United Kingdom1,061
England865
Scotland161
Germany127
Netherlands110
Zuid-Holland60
France51
Spain38

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
FamilyCutworm Moths and Allies · Noctuidae
GenusOligia

Sources

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Practise Middle-barred Minor with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.