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Pine Tortrix

Archips oporana

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 Alaska.January 215, February 158, March 248, April 391, May 563, June 614, July 657, August 565, September 415, October 310, November 169, December 132.
United States4,453
Alaska4,438
Russia60
Austria39
Germany32
Canada25
Ontario25
Steiermark19
Moscow Oblast19
New York15

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