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Arcigera Flower Moth

Schinia arcigera

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 Ontario.January 66, February 68, March 107, April 210, May 404, June 189, July 142, August 586, September 234, October 111, November 69, December 62.
United States8,719
Canada1,822
Ontario1,693
New York1,233
Texas1,091
Massachusetts719
Michigan659
Maryland349
Ohio344
Virginia340

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
GenusSchinia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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