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Sedge Fanner

Glyphipterix forsterella

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 66, February 48, March 76, April 120, May 172, June 188, July 201, August 173, September 127, October 95, November 52, December 40.
United States1,358
Alaska1,358
Russia38
Germany29
Moscow Oblast27
Austria17
United Kingdom15
Bayern15
England11
France7

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
FamilySedge and False Diamondback Moths and Allies · Glyphipterigidae
GenusGlyphipterix

Sources

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

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