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Brown Oak Tortrix

Archips crataegana

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 124, February 92, March 144, April 226, May 326, June 355, July 380, August 327, September 240, October 179, November 98, December 76.
United States2,565
Alaska2,565
Russia177
France71
Germany63
Bashkortostan52
Moscow36
Moscow Oblast30
Netherlands27
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes24

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
GenusArchips

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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