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Large Beech Piercer

Cydia fagiglandana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 166, February 123, March 192, April 303, May 436, June 476, July 509, August 438, September 321, October 240, November 131, December 102.
United States3,438
Alaska3,438
Germany702
Saarland609
France272
Austria227
Steiermark185
Spain122
Occitanie94
United Kingdom91

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
GenusCydia

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