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Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix

Pandemis corylana

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 538, February 398, March 623, April 980, May 1,413, June 1,541, July 1,649, August 1,418, September 1,041, October 777, November 425, December 332.
United States11,134
Alaska11,134
United Kingdom382
England373
Russia191
Austria123
Germany119
Steiermark83
Denmark54
Sachsen43

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
GenusPandemis

Sources

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