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Hickory Leafstem Borer Moth

Acrobasis angusella

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 8, February 8, March 13, April 25, May 48, June 22, July 25, August 46, September 16, October 13, November 8, December 7.
United States471
Canada279
Ontario200
New York108
Michigan73
Quebec68
North Carolina56
Pennsylvania36
Vermont28
Massachusetts25

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
GenusAcrobasis

Sources

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