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Rusty Oak Button

Acleris ferrugana

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 120, February 89, March 139, April 219, May 316, June 344, July 369, August 317, September 233, October 174, November 95, December 74.
United States2,505
Alaska2,489
Tennessee8
North Carolina8
Germany8
France4
Sachsen3
Russia3
United Kingdom2
Poland2

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
GenusAcleris

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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