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Many-spotted Scoparia Moth

Scoparia basalis

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 4, February 4, March 7, April 13, May 26, June 12, July 15, August 8, September 9, October 7, November 4, December 4.
United States805
Canada264
Ontario108
Virginia101
New York100
Massachusetts67
Quebec62
North Carolina59
West Virginia57
Maryland57

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
FamilyCrambid Snout Moths · Crambidae
GenusScoparia

Sources

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