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Silver-dot Twitcher

Prochoreutis sehestediana

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 28, February 21, March 33, April 51, May 74, June 80, July 86, August 74, September 54, October 41, November 22, December 17.
United States581
Alaska581
Russia40
Finland13
Moscow Oblast12
Tver Oblast5
Uusimaa4
Germany4
Austria4
Lithuania4

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
GenusProchoreutis

Sources

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