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Yellow-shouldered Leafroller

Sciota basilaris

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 14, February 14, March 22, April 43, May 83, June 153, July 120, August 26, September 28, October 23, November 14, December 13.
Canada847
Ontario347
United States335
Quebec211
New York105
Alberta74
Nunavut72
Michigan71
Nova Scotia54
Minnesota45

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusSciota

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