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Barred White Clothes Moth

Nemapogon clematella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 45, February 33, March 52, April 81, May 117, June 127, July 136, August 117, September 86, October 64, November 35, December 27.
United States985
Alaska921
United Kingdom31
England30
Germany29
Niedersachsen21
New York14
Switzerland14
France12
North Carolina9

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
FamilyFungus Moths, Clothes Moths, & Allies · Tineidae
GenusNemapogon

Sources

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