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Garden Tortrix

Clepsis peritana

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 Texas.January 215, February 206, March 234, April 456, May 367, June 317, July 429, August 133, September 147, October 155, November 202, December 196.
United States8,703
Texas3,170
Alabama1,566
North Carolina1,508
Maryland1,110
Virginia854
Canada821
Louisiana637
California556
New Jersey546

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
GenusClepsis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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