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Coarse Hazel Pigmy

Stigmella floslactella

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 102, February 75, March 118, April 185, May 267, June 291, July 312, August 268, September 197, October 147, November 80, December 63.
United States2,106
Alaska2,106
United Kingdom7
England7
Germany5
Berlin2
France1
Austria1
Denmark1
Bayern1

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
FamilyPygmy Eye-capped Moths · Nepticulidae
GenusStigmella

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