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fig-tree skeletonizer moth

Choreutis nemorana

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 117, February 86, March 136, April 213, May 307, June 335, July 359, August 308, September 226, October 169, November 92, December 72.
United States2,422
Alaska2,422
United Kingdom211
England211
France209
Spain115
Italy90
Austria88
Occitanie73
Germany62

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
FamilyMetalmark Moths · Choreutidae
GenusChoreutis

Sources

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