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Northern Bell

Rhopobota ustomaculana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 70, February 52, March 82, April 128, May 185, June 202, July 216, August 186, September 136, October 102, November 56, December 43.
United States1,458
Alaska1,458
Finland11
Russia6
Uusimaa5
United Kingdom4
Moscow Oblast4
Scotland3
Southern Savonia2
North Karelia2

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
GenusRhopobota

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