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Aster Eucosma Moth

Eucosma parmatana

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 30, February 31, March 48, April 95, May 182, June 85, July 64, August 240, September 61, October 50, November 31, December 28.
United States1,965
Ontario1,875
Canada1,258
Quebec613
New York509
Michigan207
Pennsylvania159
Massachusetts154
West Virginia119
Vermont79

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
GenusEucosma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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