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Subtropical Pine Tip Moth

Rhyacionia subtropica

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 Alabama.January 1, February 1, March 1, April 3, May 2, June 1, July 1, August 1, September 1, October 1, November 1, December 1.
United States71
Alabama16
Louisiana8
Mississippi6
Georgia3
South Carolina1

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
GenusPine Tip Moths · Rhyacionia

Sources

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