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Fall Spruce Needle Moth

Argyrotaenia occultana

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 4, February 4, March 6, April 14, May 25, June 17, July 14, August 13, September 11, October 9, November 5, December 5.
Canada389
Quebec127
Ontario100
United States77
New Brunswick56
Nunavut44
Maine38
Nova Scotia33
Michigan24
Alberta10

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
GenusArgyrotaenia

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