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Rosy Cloaked Shoot

Gypsonoma aceriana

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) johnaustin55, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 75, February 55, March 86, April 136, May 196, June 214, July 229, August 197, September 145, October 108, November 59, December 46.
United States1,574
Alaska1,546
Canada31
British Columbia31
France30
Washington28
Germany19
Netherlands16
Grand Est10
United Kingdom8

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
GenusGypsonoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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