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Duskyback Leafroller

Archips mortuana

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 4, February 4, March 6, April 13, May 24, June 11, July 9, August 8, September 8, October 7, November 4, December 4.
Canada137
Ontario102
United States91
Michigan38
Minnesota37
Quebec14
Nunavut10
Saskatchewan9
New York8
Wisconsin6

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.

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