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Acleris holmiana

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 420, February 310, March 486, April 764, May 1,101, June 1,201, July 1,285, August 1,105, September 811, October 606, November 331, December 259.
United States8,690
Alaska8,678
Germany41
Canada36
France35
Finland34
British Columbia32
Russia29
Denmark24
United Kingdom19

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
GenusAcleris

Sources

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