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Pitch Pine Tip Moth

Rhyacionia rigidana

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 Mississippi.January 10, February 11, March 11, April 19, May 11, June 7, July 6, August 6, September 8, October 10, November 7, December 8.
United States713
Mississippi116
West Virginia106
Ohio104
Texas51
Alabama42
Virginia41
North Carolina36
Louisiana36
Maryland33

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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