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Kimball's Leafroller Moth

Argyrotaenia kimballi

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mississippi.January 6, February 6, March 6, April 12, May 7, June 4, July 4, August 4, September 5, October 6, November 4, December 5.
United States376
Mississippi69
Louisiana56
Texas53
Virginia38
Alabama37
Maryland28
Georgia19
Delaware15
South Carolina15

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
GenusArgyrotaenia

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