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Apple Leaf Skeletonizer Moth

Choreutis pariana

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 65, February 48, March 75, April 118, May 171, June 186, July 199, August 171, September 126, October 94, November 51, December 40.
United States1,765
Alaska1,344
Canada286
New York169
Ontario130
Vermont85
Russia79
New Hampshire53
British Columbia48
Quebec44

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
FamilyMetalmark Moths · Choreutidae
GenusChoreutis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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