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Forest Twist

Choristoneura diversana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 38, February 28, March 44, April 70, May 101, June 110, July 118, August 101, September 74, October 55, November 30, December 24.
United States795
Alaska795
Russia184
Moscow Oblast38
Moscow36
Bashkortostan31
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast16
Kursk Oblast16
Kirov Oblast7
Tatarstan6

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
GenusChoristoneura

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