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Small Twitcher

Prochoreutis myllerana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 70, February 51, March 81, April 127, May 183, June 199, July 213, August 183, September 135, October 100, November 55, December 43.
United States1,440
Alaska1,440
Finland10
United Kingdom8
Germany8
England5
Bayern5
Keski-Pohjanmaa3
Russia3
Scotland2

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
FamilyMetalmark Moths · Choreutidae
GenusProchoreutis

Sources

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