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Dusky Hook-tip

Drepana curvatula

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 859, February 635, March 994, April 1,564, May 2,256, June 2,460, July 2,632, August 2,263, September 1,662, October 1,240, November 678, December 530.
United States17,773
Alaska17,773
Spain184
France146
Galicia120
Russia100
Denmark82
Austria62
Portugal58
Poland55

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
FamilyHooktip and False Owlet Moths · Drepanidae
GenusDrepana

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