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Himmelman's Plume Moth

Geina tenuidactylus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Nova Scotia.January 17, February 15, March 21, April 26, May 44, June 38, July 61, August 38, September 31, October 33, November 22, December 19.
Canada510
Nova Scotia364
United States111
Ontario48
Michigan27
Alberta25
Nunavut25
New York24
Quebec16
Saskatchewan9

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
FamilyPlume Moths · Pterophoridae
GenusGeina

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