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Gorse Tip Moth

Agonopterix nervosa

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 131, February 97, March 151, April 238, May 343, June 374, July 400, August 344, September 253, October 189, November 103, December 81.
United States2,800
Alaska2,704
Canada73
British Columbia73
Washington50
Russia50
California37
Finland34
United Kingdom23
France21

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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