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Pinch-barred Pigmy

Ectoedemia atricollis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 81, February 60, March 94, April 148, May 213, June 232, July 248, August 214, September 157, October 117, November 64, December 50.
United States1,678
Alaska1,678
United Kingdom7
England7
France1
Normandie1

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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