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Chokecherry Leafroller Moth

Cenopis directana

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 Ontario.January 12, February 13, March 20, April 39, May 75, June 35, July 186, August 26, September 25, October 21, November 13, December 12.
United States887
Canada394
Ontario315
New York268
Massachusetts103
Vermont61
Quebec50
Michigan48
Alabama39
New Hampshire35

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
GenusCenopis

Sources

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