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Maple Slender

Caloptilia semifascia

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 45, February 33, March 52, April 81, May 117, June 128, July 137, August 118, September 86, October 65, November 35, December 28.
United States925
Alaska925
United Kingdom16
England16
Netherlands3
Zuid-Holland3
Germany1
Austria1
Bremen1
Kärnten1

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
FamilyLeaf Blotch Miner Moths · Gracillariidae
GenusCaloptilia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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