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Rhomboid Tortrix

Acleris rhombana

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

27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 361, February 266, March 417, April 657, May 947, June 1,033, July 1,105, August 950, September 698, October 521, November 285, December 222.
United States7,623
Alaska7,462
Canada166
British Columbia162
Washington161
France78
Russia45
Germany39
United Kingdom33
England32

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

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