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Obsolete-banded Leafroller Moth

Choristoneura obsoletana

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 2, May 2, June 1, July 1, August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1.
United States166
Virginia14
Texas13
Mississippi12
Louisiana12
New Jersey10
Alabama6
Oklahoma6
Kansas6
Pennsylvania5

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
GenusChoristoneura

Sources

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