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Plum Tortrix

Hedya pruniana

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

24 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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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 403, February 298, March 466, April 734, May 1,058, June 1,153, July 1,234, August 1,061, September 779, October 582, November 318, December 248.
United States8,334
Alaska8,334
United Kingdom321
England311
France207
Germany186
Russia179
Austria97
Denmark69
Poland55

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
GenusHedya Moths · Hedya

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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