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Hawthorn Argent

Argyresthia bonnetella

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) ornisamu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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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 112, February 83, March 130, April 204, May 294, June 321, July 343, August 295, September 217, October 162, November 88, December 69.
United States2,317
Alaska2,317
United Kingdom6
England5
Germany4
Sweden3
Skåne län3
Netherlands3
Switzerland3
Bayern3

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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