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Four-dotted Agonopterix Moth

Agonopterix robiniella

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 8, February 8, March 13, April 26, May 50, June 23, July 38, August 16, September 17, October 14, November 9, December 8.
United States651
Canada222
Ontario209
New York171
Massachusetts100
Michigan61
Pennsylvania39
West Virginia35
Wisconsin28
Connecticut25

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
FamilyFlat-bodied moths · Depressariidae
GenusAgonopterix

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