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Fruit-tree Leafroller Moth

Archips argyrospila

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 Texas.January 238, February 228, March 259, April 1,165, May 301, June 146, July 131, August 136, September 161, October 172, November 224, December 217.
United States4,519
Texas2,704
Canada937
Ontario562
Quebec492
Michigan199
California182
New York171
Idaho120
Minnesota115

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
GenusArchips

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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