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Lilac Leafminer Moth

Gracillaria syringella

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 Alaska.January 593, February 438, March 686, April 1,080, May 1,557, June 1,698, July 1,817, August 1,563, September 1,147, October 856, November 468, December 366.
United States12,612
Alaska12,270
Canada372
United Kingdom289
England221
Ontario140
Quebec99
Finland86
New York76
Scotland54

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
FamilyLeaf Blotch Miner Moths · Gracillariidae
GenusGracillaria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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