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Broken-banded Leafroller Moth

Choristoneura fractivittana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 18, February 18, March 29, April 57, May 109, June 83, July 38, August 35, September 36, October 30, November 19, December 17.
United States1,533
Canada622
Ontario456
New York382
Massachusetts181
Quebec107
Connecticut96
Mississippi84
Michigan71
Pennsylvania70

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
GenusChoristoneura

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