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Thatch Tubic

Borkhausenia minutella

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 129, February 96, March 150, April 236, May 340, June 370, July 396, August 341, September 250, October 187, November 102, December 80.
United States2,699
Alaska2,677
Germany166
Austria110
France61
Switzerland50
Poland36
Wien35
Netherlands33
Hungary33

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
FamilyConcealer Moths · Oecophoridae
GenusBorkhausenia

Sources

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Practise Thatch Tubic with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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