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Sober Renia Moth

Renia sobrialis

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 Quebec.January 3, February 2, March 4, April 9, May 17, June 11, July 9, August 8, September 7, October 6, November 4, December 3.
United States366
Canada247
Quebec84
Nova Scotia80
Massachusetts52
New York50
Ontario47
Virginia30
Maryland29
New Brunswick27

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