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Twin-barred Knot-horn

Homoeosoma sinuella

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 321, February 237, March 372, April 584, May 843, June 919, July 983, August 846, September 621, October 463, November 253, December 198.
United States6,640
Alaska6,640
France974
United Kingdom407
England405
Spain370
Austria307
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes268
Steiermark210
Switzerland185

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
GenusHomoeosoma

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