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Montana Six-plume Moth

Alucita montana

2,723 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 British Columbia.January 26, February 24, March 37, April 52, May 79, June 59, July 47, August 55, September 37, October 29, November 23, December 24.
United States958
Canada860
British Columbia458
Washington324
Alberta181
Colorado160
California125
Ontario80
Nunavut75
Minnesota74

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
FamilyMany-plumed Moths · Alucitidae
GenusAlucita

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