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Basswood Olethreutes Moth

Olethreutes tilianum

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 3, February 3, March 5, April 10, May 20, June 9, July 7, August 8, September 7, October 5, November 3, December 3.
United States106
Canada105
Ontario83
New York54
Quebec17
Michigan14
Vermont9
Maine5
New Hampshire4
Wisconsin4

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
GenusOlethreutes Moths · Olethreutes

Sources

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