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Base-lined Grey

Scoparia basistrigalis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 174, February 129, March 202, April 317, May 458, June 499, July 534, August 459, September 337, October 252, November 137, December 107.
United States3,605
Alaska3,605
Russia31
United Kingdom28
England28
Germany16
Finland13
Bayern13
Uusimaa11
Moscow Oblast6

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
FamilyCrambid Snout Moths · Crambidae
GenusScoparia

Sources

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