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Canadian Agonopterix Moth

Agonopterix canadensis

1,242 observations in the source records

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27 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 9, February 9, March 14, April 28, May 54, June 25, July 19, August 17, September 18, October 15, November 9, December 8.
Canada504
United States357
Ontario225
New York100
Alberta81
British Columbia49
Quebec48
Nunavut45
North Carolina44
Nova Scotia29

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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