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Buff-tipped Eucosma Moth

Eucosma ochroterminana

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) maddyinnyc, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 21, February 22, March 34, April 68, May 130, June 61, July 46, August 220, September 44, October 36, November 22, December 20.
United States1,330
Canada1,000
Ontario544
New York390
Quebec318
Michigan130
Massachusetts116
Vermont89
New Hampshire75
West Virginia75

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