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Locust Leafroller Moth

Sciota subcaesiella

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 Virginia.January 7, February 8, March 9, April 14, May 18, June 9, July 9, August 7, September 9, October 8, November 7, December 7.
United States589
Virginia109
Canada74
Maryland72
New York59
Ontario55
North Carolina53
West Virginia48
Tennessee43
Pennsylvania38

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
GenusSciota

Sources

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