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Red-barred Tortrix

Ditula angustiorana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 822, February 607, March 952, April 1,497, May 2,158, June 2,354, July 2,518, August 2,166, September 1,590, October 1,187, November 649, December 507.
United States17,077
Alaska17,007
United Kingdom593
England567
France244
Canada123
British Columbia123
Germany108
Netherlands96
Occitanie85

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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
GenusDitula

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