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Birch Bell

Epinotia demarniana

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 126, February 93, March 146, April 230, May 331, June 361, July 387, August 333, September 244, October 182, November 100, December 78.
United States2,611
Alaska2,611
Germany17
Sachsen13
Russia10
France6
United Kingdom5
England5
Moscow Oblast5
Sweden4

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
GenusEpinotia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Birch Bell with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.