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Pale Prominent

Pterostoma palpina

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 5,435, February 4,014, March 6,289, April 9,894, May 14,266, June 15,556, July 16,646, August 14,315, September 10,510, October 7,845, November 4,287, December 3,350.
United States112,406
Alaska112,406
United Kingdom1,046
England941
France473
Spain404
Austria330
Germany298
Russia227
Denmark183

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
FamilyProminent Moths · Notodontidae
GenusPterostoma

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