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Golden Pearl

Anania verbascalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 130, February 96, March 150, April 236, May 341, June 371, July 397, August 342, September 251, October 187, November 102, December 80.
United States2,684
Alaska2,684
France250
Austria209
Steiermark138
Spain112
Germany103
Switzerland89
Italy82
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes78

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
GenusAnania

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