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Triangle Plume Moth

Platyptilia gonodactyla

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 407, February 300, March 470, April 740, May 1,067, June 1,164, July 1,245, August 1,071, September 786, October 587, November 321, December 251.
United States8,409
Alaska8,409
Russia212
Finland63
Moscow Oblast34
Moscow23
Yaroslavl Oblast21
Pirkanmaa20
Austria20
Bashkortostan19

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
FamilyPlume Moths · Pterophoridae
GenusPlatyptilia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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