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Vetch Midget

Phyllonorycter nigrescentella

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 72, February 53, March 83, April 131, May 189, June 206, July 221, August 190, September 139, October 104, November 57, December 44.
United States1,490
Alaska1,490
Sweden1
Södermanlands län1
France1
Normandie1

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
FamilyLeaf Blotch Miner Moths · Gracillariidae
GenusPhyllonorycter

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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