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Geranium Plume Moth

Amblyptilia pica

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 23, February 20, March 20, April 25, May 27, June 33, July 25, August 24, September 26, October 21, November 26, December 20.
Canada798
United States580
California250
British Columbia167
Quebec164
Ontario162
Alberta132
Nunavut83
New York79
Washington58

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
FamilyPlume Moths · Pterophoridae
GenusAmblyptilia

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