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Thicket Twist

Pandemis dumetana

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 173, February 128, March 200, April 315, May 454, June 495, July 530, August 456, September 335, October 250, November 136, December 107.
United States3,579
Alaska3,579
Russia130
Austria68
Steiermark53
Hungary37
Kirov Oblast27
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast20
Pest18
Moscow Oblast17

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
GenusPandemis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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