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Northern Grey

Scoparia ancipitella

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 261, February 193, March 302, April 475, May 685, June 747, July 800, August 688, September 505, October 377, November 206, December 161.
United States5,400
Alaska5,400
Russia29
Finland25
Kirov Oblast20
Finland Proper8
Northern Ostrobothnia5
Sweden4
Central Finland3
Jämtlands län3

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
FamilyCrambid Snout Moths · Crambidae
GenusScoparia

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