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Powdered Grass-veneer

Thisanotia chrysonuchella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 234, February 173, March 270, April 425, May 613, June 669, July 716, August 615, September 452, October 337, November 184, December 144.
United States4,832
Alaska4,832
France305
Germany299
Austria215
Italy171
Hungary171
Niederösterreich105
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes95
Russia91

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
FamilyCrambid Snout Moths · Crambidae
GenusThisanotia

Sources

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