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Broad-barred Knot-horn

Acrobasis consociella

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 369, February 272, March 427, April 672, May 968, June 1,056, July 1,130, August 972, September 713, October 533, November 291, December 227.
United States7,631
Alaska7,631
France61
United Kingdom24
England23
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes22
Occitanie12
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur10
Germany9
Spain8

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusAcrobasis

Sources

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