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Elm Smudge

Ypsolopha vittella

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 103, February 76, March 119, April 187, May 270, June 294, July 315, August 271, September 199, October 148, November 81, December 63.
United States2,125
Alaska2,125
Russia44
Moscow12
Bashkortostan10
Moscow Oblast8
Sweden7
Finland4
Skåne län4
Netherlands3

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
FamilyYpsolophidae
GenusYpsolopha

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