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Oak Leaftier Moth

Psilocorsis quercicella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 5, February 5, March 7, April 12, May 21, June 10, July 8, August 7, September 8, October 8, November 5, December 5.
United States828
Canada151
New York101
North Carolina92
Massachusetts86
Tennessee53
Nova Scotia53
Quebec41
Ontario38
New Hampshire37

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
FamilyFlat-bodied moths · Depressariidae
GenusPsilocorsis

Sources

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