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Rough-winged Conch

Phtheochroa rugosana

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 75, February 55, March 87, April 137, May 197, June 215, July 230, August 198, September 145, October 108, November 59, December 46.
United States1,554
Alaska1,554
United Kingdom65
England65
Spain19
France18
Portugal14
PORTO12
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur9
Cataluña/Catalunya7

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
GenusPhtheochroa

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Rough-winged Conch with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.