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Spruce Bud Moth

Zeiraphera ratzeburgiana

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 202, February 149, March 234, April 368, May 531, June 579, July 620, August 533, September 391, October 292, November 160, December 125.
United States4,185
Alaska4,185
United Kingdom3
Denmark3
Hovedstaden3
England2
Finland2
Scotland1
Uusimaa1
Keski-Pohjanmaa1

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
GenusZeiraphera

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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