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Primrose Moth

Schinia florida

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 42, February 43, March 68, April 133, May 255, June 119, July 539, August 191, September 86, October 70, November 44, December 39.
United States2,759
Canada2,557
Ontario1,069
New York866
Quebec727
Massachusetts312
Nova Scotia296
Vermont287
New Hampshire202
Maine197

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