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Dark-streaked Button

Acleris umbrana

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 70, February 52, March 82, April 128, May 185, June 202, July 216, August 186, September 136, October 102, November 56, December 43.
United States1,458
Alaska1,458
Russia66
Finland31
United Kingdom29
England29
France12
Austria12
Moscow Oblast11
Central Finland9

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
GenusAcleris

Sources

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