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Water-avens Pigmy

Stigmella pretiosa

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 12, February 9, March 14, April 22, May 32, June 35, July 37, August 32, September 24, October 18, November 10, December 8.
United States252
Alaska252
Finland13
Keski-Pohjanmaa7
North Karelia3
Finland Proper2
Northern Ostrobothnia1

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
FamilyPygmy Eye-capped Moths · Nepticulidae
GenusStigmella

Sources

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