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cottongrass sedge-miner
Elachista albidella
17 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
tufted hair grassDeschampsia cespitosa
common spikerushEleocharis palustris
Swamp Meadow-grassPoa palustris
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformis
Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
slender tufted-sedgeCarex acuta
Mountain MelickMelica nutans
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 927 |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 923 |
| Canada | 11 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 5 |
| Quebec | 5 |
| Maine | 3 |
| United Kingdom | 2 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Bayern | 2 |
| Russia | 2 |
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
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Butterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera |
| Family | Grass Miner Moths · Elachistidae |
| Genus | Typical Grass Miner Moths · Elachista |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise cottongrass sedge-miner with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.