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Carnation Tortrix

Cacoecimorpha pronubana

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 547, February 404, March 633, April 996, May 1,435, June 1,565, July 1,675, August 1,440, September 1,057, October 789, November 431, December 337.
United States11,331
Alaska11,310
France338
Italy216
United Kingdom176
England175
Netherlands124
Spain118
Occitanie99
Germany60

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
GenusCacoecimorpha

Sources

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