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Scorched Carpet

Ligdia adustata

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 Alaska.January 2,666, February 1,969, March 3,085, April 4,853, May 6,998, June 7,631, July 8,165, August 7,022, September 5,155, October 3,848, November 2,103, December 1,644.
United States55,139
Alaska55,139
France1,173
Austria1,066
Germany867
Steiermark576
United Kingdom504
England498
Italy460
Switzerland426

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusLigdia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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