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Goldenrod Leaffolder Moth

Agonopterix pulvipennella

5,256 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 35, February 36, March 57, April 111, May 214, June 100, July 75, August 68, September 72, October 59, November 37, December 33.
United States1,839
Canada1,717
Ontario896
New York630
Quebec592
Vermont339
Nova Scotia267
Pennsylvania181
Prince Edward Island170
New Hampshire153

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
FamilyFlat-bodied moths · Depressariidae
GenusAgonopterix

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