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Artichoke Plume Moth

Platyptilia carduidactylus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 45, February 39, March 40, April 50, May 49, June 36, July 31, August 31, September 40, October 40, November 52, December 40.
United States1,365
California492
Canada427
Ontario261
Washington117
New York113
British Columbia112
Texas73
Nevada56
Ohio36

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
GenusPlatyptilia

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