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Currant Clearwing Moth

Synanthedon tipuliformis

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 321, February 237, March 372, April 585, May 843, June 920, July 984, August 846, September 621, October 464, November 253, December 198.
United States6,886
Alaska6,646
Canada199
United Kingdom150
England144
New Zealand136
Ontario85
Russia80
Canterbury Region78
Germany70

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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
FamilyClearwing Moths · Sesiidae
GenusSynanthedon

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