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rose case-bearer

Coleophora gryphipennella

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 63, February 47, March 73, April 115, May 166, June 181, July 194, August 167, September 122, October 91, November 50, December 39.
United States1,310
Alaska1,310
United Kingdom14
England12
Finland6
Scotland2
Finland Proper2
Northern Ostrobothnia2
North Karelia2
Germany2

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
FamilyCasebearing Moths · Coleophoridae
GenusCasebearers · Coleophora

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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