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Araliad plume

Pterophorus monospilalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 44, February 30, March 17, April 30, May 6, June 7, July 2, August 5, September 2, October 6, November 16, December 22.
New Zealand187
Wellington Region76
Taranaki Region22
West Coast Region19
Otago Region18
Manawatu-Wanganui Region14
Canterbury Region13
Southland Region10
Hawke's Bay Region7
Northland Region2

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
GenusPterophorus

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