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Dingy Flat-body

Depressaria daucella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 194, February 143, March 224, April 353, May 509, June 555, July 594, August 511, September 375, October 280, November 153, December 119.
United States4,011
Alaska4,009
United Kingdom181
England162
France153
Portugal132
Spain102
Bretagne101
Galicia90
Finland73

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
GenusDepressaria

Sources

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