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Zimmerman Pine Moth

Dioryctria zimmermani

1,816 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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26 photos

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What the records say

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 5, February 5, March 8, April 15, May 29, June 14, July 10, August 33, September 10, October 8, November 5, December 4.
United States428
Canada159
Ontario122
New York106
Vermont49
Michigan34
New Hampshire29
Massachusetts28
Quebec28
Ohio21

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusConifer Coneworm Moths · Dioryctria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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