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Pine-tree Lappet

Dendrolimus pini

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 Alaska.January 778, February 574, March 900, April 1,416, May 2,042, June 2,226, July 2,382, August 2,049, September 1,504, October 1,123, November 614, December 480.
United States16,088
Alaska16,088
France696
Austria493
Germany343
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur308
Steiermark302
Spain286
Russia214
Switzerland163

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
FamilyLappet Moths · Lasiocampidae
GenusDendrolimus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Pine-tree Lappet with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.