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Detracted Owlet

Lesmone detrahens

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 59, February 57, March 65, April 123, May 75, June 41, July 159, August 34, September 80, October 43, November 56, December 54.
United States2,051
Texas675
Alabama166
Louisiana140
Oklahoma137
Mississippi133
South Carolina123
Georgia120
North Carolina117
Missouri65

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
GenusLesmone

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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