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Aspen Webworm Moth

Pococera aplastella

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 Alberta.January 4, February 4, March 6, April 13, May 26, June 21, July 15, August 13, September 10, October 7, November 4, December 4.
Canada575
United States290
Alberta126
British Columbia112
Manitoba73
Mississippi60
Virginia56
Quebec49
Saskatchewan47
Nunavut46

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusPococera

Sources

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