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Maple-Basswood Leafroller Moth

Cenopis pettitana

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 75, February 77, March 122, April 238, May 458, June 260, July 886, August 146, September 154, October 126, November 79, December 70.
Ontario3,122
Canada3,069
United States1,989
Quebec1,005
New York570
Michigan438
Wisconsin235
Texas174
Minnesota123
Vermont83

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
GenusCenopis

Sources

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