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Pearsall's Carpet Moth

Venusia pearsalli

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 27, February 25, March 91, April 174, May 71, June 62, July 49, August 44, September 39, October 31, November 25, December 25.
British Columbia1,542
Canada578
United States473
Washington285
Alaska122
Oregon87
California62
Alberta54
Nunavut41
Idaho36

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusVenusia

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