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Larch-bud Moth

Spilonota laricana

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) robertluttik, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 91, February 67, March 105, April 165, May 238, June 259, July 278, August 239, September 175, October 131, November 72, December 56.
United States1,877
Alaska1,875
Canada84
Quebec28
Ontario22
Newfoundland and Labrador20
Germany11
Nova Scotia10
Switzerland10
Denmark9

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
GenusSpilonota

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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