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Purple-lined Sallow

Pyrrhia exprimens

1,195 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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27 photos

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What the records say

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 13, February 9, March 15, April 23, May 33, June 36, July 39, August 33, September 24, October 18, November 10, December 8.
United States802
Canada649
Alaska262
Ontario246
Quebec125
Michigan69
British Columbia68
Nunavut59
Alberta54
Minnesota53

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
GenusPyrrhia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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