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Orache Leafminer Moth

Chrysoesthia sexguttella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 57, February 42, March 66, April 104, May 150, June 164, July 175, August 151, September 111, October 83, November 45, December 35.
United States2,073
Alaska1,184
Canada374
New York256
Ontario207
New Jersey160
Pennsylvania96
Massachusetts80
Michigan65
Russia53

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
FamilyTwirler Moths · Gelechiidae
GenusChrysoesthia

Sources

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