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Sundew Plume Moth

Buckleria parvulus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mississippi.January 2, February 2, March 2, April 4, May 2, June 1, July 1, August 1, September 2, October 2, November 1, December 2.
United States89
Mississippi22
Alabama19
North Carolina7
Louisiana7
New Jersey7
South Carolina7

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
GenusBuckleria

Sources

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