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Lucerne Leafroller Moth

Clepsis divulsana

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 New Zealand.January 59, February 44, March 44, April 86, May 52, June 24, July 12, August 12, September 19, October 24, November 24, December 35.
New Zealand435
Australia254
Auckland Region138
New South Wales121
Otago Region75
Queensland55
Victoria45
Wellington Region45
Canterbury Region44
Waikato Region39

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
GenusClepsis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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