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Greenish Thorn Pigmy

Stigmella hybnerella

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24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 122, February 90, March 141, April 221, May 319, June 348, July 373, August 320, September 235, October 176, November 96, December 75.
United States2,516
Alaska2,516
United Kingdom13
England12
Germany3
France2
Netherlands2
Berlin2
Occitanie2
Scotland1

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
FamilyPygmy Eye-capped Moths · Nepticulidae
GenusStigmella

Sources

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