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Speedwell Plume Moth

Stenoptilia pterodactyla

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 338, February 249, March 391, April 615, May 886, June 967, July 1,034, August 889, September 653, October 487, November 266, December 208.
United States6,984
Alaska6,984
Russia236
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast46
Kirov Oblast39
United Kingdom34
England28
Moscow Oblast24
Tatarstan22
Moscow17

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
GenusStenoptilia

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