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Viper's Bugloss Moth

Ethmia bipunctella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 405, February 299, March 468, April 736, May 1,062, June 1,158, July 1,239, August 1,066, September 782, October 584, November 319, December 249.
United States8,632
Alaska8,367
Spain1,098
Portugal829
Canada438
Comunidad de Madrid380
Ontario354
Andalucía337
New York206
Russia203

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
FamilyEthmiidae
GenusEthmia

Sources

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