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Sallow Argent

Argyresthia pygmaeella

131 observations in the source records

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26 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 163, February 120, March 189, April 297, May 428, June 466, July 499, August 429, September 315, October 235, November 129, December 100.
United States3,380
Alaska3,370
Canada790
British Columbia266
Nunavut134
Alberta115
Quebec104
Newfoundland and Labrador91
Yukon28
Manitoba23

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
FamilyShiny Headstand Moths · Argyresthiidae
GenusArgents · Argyresthia

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