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Spring Dead-leaf Roller Moth

Cenopis diluticostana

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 Ontario.January 35, February 36, March 56, April 111, May 212, June 106, July 483, August 68, September 71, October 58, November 36, December 33.
United States1,707
Canada1,193
Ontario891
New York566
Quebec298
Massachusetts198
Michigan154
Connecticut101
New Jersey59
Ohio53

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
GenusCenopis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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