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Broom-tip

Chesias rufata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 221, February 163, March 255, April 402, May 579, June 631, July 676, August 581, September 427, October 318, November 174, December 136.
United States4,563
Alaska4,563
Spain129
France82
Andalucía54
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur33
Portugal32
FARO20
Occitanie20
Cataluña/Catalunya19

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
FamilyGeometer Moths · Geometridae
GenusChesias

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