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Basswood Round-blotch Miner Moth

Phyllonorycter tiliacella

266 observations in the source records

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28 photos

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Massachusetts.January 2, February 2, March 2, April 3, May 6, June 5, July 6, August 12, September 8, October 3, November 2, December 2.
United States115
Massachusetts32
Canada30
Ontario30
New York16
Pennsylvania12
Ohio12
Minnesota10
Kentucky5
Wisconsin4

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
FamilyLeaf Blotch Miner Moths · Gracillariidae
GenusPhyllonorycter

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