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Woolly-backed Moth

Olethreutes furfuranum

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 New York.January 4, February 4, March 5, April 9, May 15, June 7, July 5, August 5, September 6, October 5, November 4, December 3.
United States409
New York71
Massachusetts45
Mississippi44
Canada38
Ontario33
Vermont32
Louisiana28
Virginia21
New Hampshire18

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
GenusOlethreutes Moths · Olethreutes

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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