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Beehive Honey Moth

Vitula serratilineella

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 65, February 48, March 75, April 118, May 171, June 186, July 199, August 171, September 126, October 94, November 51, December 40.
United States1,443
Alaska1,345
Canada150
British Columbia113
Washington55
Alberta29
California20
Sweden7
Västra Götalands län7
Nunavut6

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
GenusVitula

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