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house neb

Bryotropha domestica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 121, February 90, March 140, April 221, May 318, June 347, July 371, August 319, September 234, October 175, November 96, December 75.
United States2,507
Alaska2,507
United Kingdom253
England236
Scotland14
Ireland12
France10
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes5
Leinster5
Spain4

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
FamilyTwirler Moths · Gelechiidae
GenusBryotropha

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