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Sociable Renia Moth

Renia factiosalis

3,301 observations in the source records

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28 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 New York.January 12, February 11, March 15, April 27, May 46, June 23, July 18, August 15, September 18, October 17, November 11, December 11.
United States886
New York223
Canada179
Ontario132
West Virginia96
Massachusetts91
Pennsylvania76
Vermont67
Quebec45
Maryland44

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
GenusRenia Moths · Renia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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