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Red Hazel Midget

Phyllonorycter nicellii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 132, February 98, March 153, April 241, May 347, June 379, July 405, August 348, September 256, October 191, November 104, December 82.
United States2,736
Alaska2,736
United Kingdom74
England73
Germany13
Bayern9
France8
Finland4
Finland Proper3
Grand Est3

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

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