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Belted Leafroller Moth

Sciota vetustella

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 16, May 31, June 22, July 24, August 12, September 10, October 8, November 5, December 5.
United States367
Canada162
Ontario128
New York87
Quebec33
Michigan29
North Carolina27
Pennsylvania26
Vermont26
West Virginia25

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

Remember the name next time.

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