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Snowy-shouldered Acleris Moth

Acleris nivisellana

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 27, February 28, March 44, April 86, May 165, June 77, July 58, August 53, September 55, October 50, November 28, December 25.
Canada1,853
United States1,100
Ontario691
Quebec635
New York352
Nova Scotia230
Michigan103
Vermont95
New Hampshire92
British Columbia80

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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