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Strawberry Pigmy

Ectoedemia arcuatella

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 21, February 16, March 25, April 39, May 56, June 61, July 65, August 56, September 41, October 31, November 17, December 13.
United States442
Alaska442
Finland61
Finland Proper53
North Karelia8
United Kingdom7
England7
Germany2
Bayern2
France1

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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