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Spruce Bud Moth

Zeiraphera canadensis

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 3, February 3, March 5, April 10, May 19, June 9, July 11, August 6, September 6, October 5, November 3, December 3.
Canada246
Ontario80
Quebec60
United States59
British Columbia39
Alberta22
Nunavut22
Michigan17
Colorado13
Maine12

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
GenusZeiraphera

Sources

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