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White-banded Pigmy

Ectoedemia albifasciella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 119, February 88, March 138, April 217, May 313, June 341, July 365, August 314, September 230, October 172, November 94, December 73.
United States2,464
Alaska2,464
United Kingdom5
England3
Scotland2
Finland1
Uusimaa1

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
GenusEctoedemia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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