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Ragweed Flower Moth

Schinia rivulosa

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 Texas.January 64, February 61, March 69, April 131, May 80, June 39, July 35, August 61, September 377, October 46, November 60, December 58.
United States2,950
Texas722
Canada290
Ontario273
Missouri212
New York211
Oklahoma183
Michigan111
Kansas96
Virginia92

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