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Hemp-agrimony Plume Moth

Adaina microdactyla

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 165, February 122, March 191, April 300, May 432, June 471, July 505, August 434, September 319, October 238, November 130, December 102.
United States3,407
Alaska3,407
China48
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region42
Indonesia15
United Kingdom12
England12
Netherlands12
West Java6
Germany5

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
FamilyPlume Moths · Pterophoridae
GenusAdaina

Sources

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