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Raspberry clearwing moth

Pennisetia hylaeiformis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 230, February 170, March 266, April 419, May 604, June 659, July 705, August 606, September 445, October 332, November 181, December 142.
United States4,759
Alaska4,759
Russia85
Germany74
Finland47
Denmark34
Bayern28
Sweden25
France23
Italy22

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
FamilyClearwing Moths · Sesiidae
GenusPennisetia

Sources

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