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Barred Sycamore Pigmy

Stigmella speciosa

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 52, February 38, March 60, April 94, May 135, June 148, July 158, August 136, September 100, October 74, November 41, December 32.
United States1,066
Alaska1,066
United Kingdom29
England28
Germany23
Berlin16
Slovakia9
Region of Žilina9
Netherlands4
Austria4

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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Practise Barred Sycamore Pigmy with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.