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Eye-spotted Bud Moth

Spilonota ocellana

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) andytimson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,027, February 758, March 1,188, April 1,869, May 2,695, June 2,939, July 3,145, August 2,704, September 1,986, October 1,482, November 810, December 633.
United States21,504
Alaska21,236
Canada465
Germany269
United Kingdom189
England187
Ontario171
Saarland152
Quebec132
Netherlands130

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
FamilyTortricid Leafroller Moths · Tortricidae
GenusSpilonota

Sources

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