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Nantucket Pine Tip Moth

Rhyacionia frustrana

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Carolina.January 28, February 30, March 28, April 38, May 33, June 20, July 17, August 17, September 21, October 24, November 19, December 24.
United States1,383
South Carolina299
Georgia249
North Carolina210
Mississippi172
Alabama90
Virginia52
Missouri38
Louisiana31
California28

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
GenusPine Tip Moths · Rhyacionia

Sources

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