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Mugwort Plume Moth

Hellinsia lienigianus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 46, February 34, March 53, April 84, May 121, June 132, July 141, August 121, September 89, October 66, November 36, December 28.
United States951
Alaska951
Australia13
Queensland13
Russia5
Netherlands2
Noord-Holland2
Moscow Oblast2
Sweden1
Skåne län1

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
FamilyPlume Moths · Pterophoridae
GenusHellinsia

Sources

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