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Buckthorn Roller

Ancylis unculana

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 123, February 91, March 142, April 224, May 323, June 352, July 377, August 324, September 238, October 178, November 97, December 76.
United States2,546
Alaska2,546
Germany33
Austria32
United Kingdom26
England26
France22
Poland16
Baden-Württemberg12
Steiermark12

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