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Black-spotted Leafroller Moth

Sciota virgatella

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 6, February 6, March 9, April 18, May 34, June 16, July 14, August 11, September 12, October 9, November 6, December 5.
United States856
Canada146
Ontario144
New York140
North Carolina107
West Virginia82
Pennsylvania78
Virginia74
Maryland61
Michigan49

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

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