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Holly Tortrix

Rhopobota naevana

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 1,071, February 791, March 1,239, April 1,949, May 2,810, June 3,064, July 3,279, August 2,820, September 2,070, October 1,545, November 844, December 660.
United States22,264
Alaska22,144
Canada1,488
Nova Scotia414
Northwest Territories272
Yukon246
British Columbia220
Alberta134
Finland106
Russia92

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
GenusRhopobota

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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