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Blueberry Leaftier Moth

Acleris curvalana

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 15, February 15, March 24, April 47, May 89, June 42, July 57, August 29, September 30, October 25, November 15, December 14.
Canada1,209
United States934
Ontario375
Quebec373
Nova Scotia197
New York183
Massachusetts161
British Columbia73
Newfoundland and Labrador72
Michigan71

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
GenusAcleris

Sources

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