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Yarrow Leaf Plume Moth

Oidaematophorus mathewianus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alberta.January 4, February 4, March 6, April 13, May 26, June 21, July 15, August 14, September 10, October 7, November 4, December 4.
Canada428
Alberta127
Nunavut113
British Columbia76
Ontario59
Quebec43
United States30
Texas9
New Mexico8
New York6

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
GenusOidaematophorus

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