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Long-winged Pearl

Anania lancealis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) krunku, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 176, February 130, March 203, April 320, May 461, June 503, July 538, August 463, September 340, October 254, November 139, December 108.
United States3,634
Alaska3,634
Spain78
Germany69
Austria61
France52
Russia48
Principado de Asturias37
Galicia36
United Kingdom32

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

Sources

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