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Pointed Slender

Parornix finitimella

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 53, February 39, March 61, April 96, May 138, June 151, July 161, August 139, September 102, October 76, November 42, December 32.
United States1,090
Alaska1,090

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
GenusParornix

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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