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Fireweed Clearwing Moth

Albuna pyramidalis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 25, February 19, March 29, April 46, May 66, June 72, July 77, August 66, September 49, October 36, November 20, December 15.
Canada1,526
United States1,091
Alaska519
British Columbia517
Alberta266
Yukon155
Nunavut124
Ontario112
Quebec109
Idaho96

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
FamilyClearwing Moths · Sesiidae
GenusAlbuna

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