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Walnut Shoot Moth

Acrobasis demotella

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 4, February 4, March 6, April 11, May 21, June 17, July 8, August 7, September 7, October 6, November 4, December 3.
United States412
Canada94
Ontario90
New York67
North Carolina48
Michigan32
Texas29
Tennessee24
Virginia23
West Virginia20

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

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