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Bent-barred Pigmy

Ectoedemia angulifasciella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 47, February 34, March 54, April 85, May 123, June 134, July 143, August 123, September 90, October 67, November 37, December 29.
United States966
Alaska966
United Kingdom4
England4

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

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