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Clay-colored Agonopterix Moth

Agonopterix argillacea

1,126 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 7, February 7, March 11, April 21, May 41, June 19, July 14, August 13, September 14, October 11, November 7, December 6.
Canada722
United States314
Ontario170
Nunavut155
Alberta151
Quebec106
British Columbia93
South Carolina52
New York45
North Carolina31

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

Sources

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