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Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix

Pandemis cerasana

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,489, February 1,100, March 1,723, April 2,711, May 3,909, June 4,263, July 4,561, August 3,923, September 2,880, October 2,150, November 1,175, December 918.
United States30,822
Alaska30,801
United Kingdom393
England337
Russia278
Germany178
Denmark86
Bashkortostan82
France81
Netherlands66

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
GenusPandemis

Sources

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