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Pine Bell

Epinotia rubiginosana

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 36, February 27, March 42, April 66, May 95, June 104, July 111, August 95, September 70, October 52, November 29, December 22.
United States749
Alaska749
Germany9
United Kingdom6
Sachsen6
England5
France4
Denmark3
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur3
Netherlands2

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
GenusEpinotia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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