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Yarrow Plume Moth

Gillmeria pallidactyla

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 692, February 511, March 800, April 1,259, May 1,816, June 1,980, July 2,119, August 1,822, September 1,338, October 998, November 546, December 426.
United States15,498
Alaska14,306
Canada1,426
Ontario557
Quebec303
New York280
Russia202
Michigan178
Nova Scotia138
Prince Edward Island109

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
GenusGillmeria

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