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Gold-banded Etiella Moth

Etiella zinckenella

3,341 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 18, February 13, March 21, April 32, May 47, June 51, July 55, August 47, September 35, October 26, November 14, December 11.
United States735
Alaska369
France265
Hungary195
Ukraine181
Spain178
Austria134
Andalucía118
Csongrád-Csanád108
Occitanie96

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
FamilyPyralid Snout Moths · Pyralidae
GenusEtiella

Sources

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Practise Gold-banded Etiella Moth with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.