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Apotomis turbidana

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 302, February 223, March 350, April 550, May 793, June 865, July 925, August 796, September 584, October 436, November 238, December 186.
United States6,247
Alaska6,247
Russia72
Germany20
Finland18
Moscow Oblast17
United Kingdom15
Sachsen11
England10
France10

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
GenusApotomis

Sources

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