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Oblique-banded Leafroller Moth

Choristoneura rosaceana

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 Ontario.January 115, February 118, March 187, April 365, May 702, June 510, July 422, August 362, September 235, October 193, November 121, December 108.
United States9,512
Canada9,472
Ontario6,234
Quebec2,177
New York1,307
Wisconsin1,078
Alabama1,033
Maryland959
Illinois887
Michigan685

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
GenusChoristoneura

Sources

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