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Enchanter's Cosmet

Mompha terminella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 12, February 9, March 14, April 22, May 32, June 35, July 38, August 32, September 24, October 18, November 10, December 8.
United States449
Canada276
Alaska255
Ontario91
British Columbia65
New York60
Alberta37
Nunavut26
Maryland24
Quebec23

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
FamilyMomphidae
GenusMompha

Sources

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