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Obscure Birch Piercer

Pammene obscurana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 27, February 20, March 31, April 48, May 70, June 76, July 82, August 70, September 52, October 38, November 21, December 16.
United States551
Alaska551
Russia16
Bashkortostan7
Moscow Oblast5
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast3
Germany1
France1
Niedersachsen1
Nouvelle-Aquitaine1

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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
GenusPammene

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