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Schlaeger's Fruitworm Moth

Antaeotricha schlaegeri

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 7, February 7, March 11, April 21, May 41, June 30, July 18, August 13, September 14, October 11, November 7, December 6.
United States1,484
Canada264
Ontario173
Massachusetts139
New York131
Texas127
Maryland91
Mississippi86
North Carolina86
Virginia75

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
FamilyFlat-bodied moths · Depressariidae
GenusAntaeotricha

Sources

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