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Gold-ribbon Argent

Argyresthia brockeella

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 402, February 297, March 465, April 731, May 1,055, June 1,150, July 1,231, August 1,058, September 777, October 580, November 317, December 248.
United States8,310
Alaska8,310
United Kingdom104
England91
Russia87
Bashkortostan42
Denmark37
Netherlands33
Germany26
Fryslân22

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
FamilyShiny Headstand Moths · Argyresthiidae
GenusArgents · Argyresthia

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