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Bilberry Roller

Ancylis myrtillana

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 346, February 256, March 400, April 630, May 908, June 990, July 1,060, August 911, September 669, October 499, November 273, December 213.
United States7,155
Alaska7,155
Finland51
Canada31
Sweden20
Austria20
Finland Proper16
Nunavut15
United Kingdom15
Russia14

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
GenusAncylis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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