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Tufted Apple Bud Moth

Platynota idaeusalis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Maryland.January 41, February 43, March 49, April 78, May 107, June 78, July 58, August 99, September 50, October 46, November 38, December 37.
United States5,248
Canada1,635
Maryland1,208
Alabama682
Virginia663
Ontario591
New York549
New Jersey459
Pennsylvania391
Nova Scotia328

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
GenusPlatynota

Sources

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