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Northern Grey Twist

Zelotherses unitana

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) michelle_stamp, some rights reserved (CC BY)

18 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

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 56, February 41, March 65, April 102, May 146, June 160, July 171, August 147, September 108, October 81, November 44, December 34.
United States1,154
Alaska1,154
Russia4
Finland3
Germany3
United Kingdom2
Keski-Pohjanmaa2
Bayern2
England1
Scotland1

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
FamilyTortricid Leafroller Moths · Tortricidae
GenusZelotherses

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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