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Garden Rose Tortrix

Acleris variegana

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 Alaska.January 1,271, February 939, March 1,471, April 2,314, May 3,336, June 3,638, July 3,893, August 3,348, September 2,458, October 1,835, November 1,003, December 784.
United States26,481
Alaska26,289
United Kingdom623
England588
France260
Spain133
Canada118
British Columbia118
Portugal113
Washington110

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

Remember the name next time.

Practise Garden Rose Tortrix with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.