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Scarce Silver-lines

Bena bicolorana

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 647, February 478, March 748, April 1,177, May 1,697, June 1,851, July 1,981, August 1,703, September 1,251, October 933, November 510, December 399.
United States13,375
Alaska13,375
France312
Italy211
Germany164
United Kingdom154
England147
Spain131
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur117
Switzerland76

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
FamilyTufted Moths · Nolidae
GenusBena

Sources

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