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Plain Plume Moth

Hellinsia homodactylus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 10, February 10, March 17, April 32, May 62, June 29, July 96, August 20, September 21, October 17, November 11, December 10.
Canada817
United States427
Ontario261
Quebec191
New York152
Nova Scotia93
Prince Edward Island88
Alberta77
British Columbia68
Michigan47

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
FamilyPlume Moths · Pterophoridae
GenusHellinsia

Sources

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