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Oak Bent-wing

Bucculatrix ulmella

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 113, February 83, March 130, April 205, May 296, June 322, July 345, August 297, September 218, October 163, November 89, December 69.
United States2,329
Alaska2,329
United Kingdom17
England16
Austria6
Germany5
Kärnten5
France4
Denmark3
Bayern3

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
FamilyRibbed Cocoon-Making Moths · Bucculatricidae
GenusBucculatrix

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Oak Bent-wing with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.