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Sycamore Slender

Caloptilia hemidactylella

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 102, February 76, March 118, April 186, May 269, June 293, July 313, August 269, September 198, October 148, November 81, December 63.
United States2,116
Alaska2,116
Russia17
Moscow Oblast8
Kursk Oblast6
Finland5
Uusimaa2
Austria2
Sweden1
Northern Savonia1

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
FamilyLeaf Blotch Miner Moths · Gracillariidae
GenusCaloptilia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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