Lepidoptera12 species

Family Many-plumed Moths (Alucitidae)

Alucitidae is a family in the order Lepidoptera. Browse 12 named species recorded in this family, or open an individual profile for its available identification and natural-history information.

Species in Alucitidae (12)

Alucita adriendenisi - Hodges#2313.1

Alucita adriendenisi

Alucita adriendenisi is a moth of the Alucitidae family. It was described by Bernard Landry and Jean-François Landry in 2004. It is found in North America from New York west across Canada (including Alberta and British Columbia) with disjunct populat

Alucita desmodactyla

Alucita desmodactyla is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Portugal, Denmark, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and most of the Balkan Peninsula. It has also been recorded from Ar

Alucita grammodactyla

Alucita grammodactyla is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, Norway, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Slovenia and Greece. It is also present in Turkey.

Twenty-plume Moth

Alucita hexadactyla

Wingspan 14-16 mm. The English name of this unusual little moth is something of a misnomer, as each wing is separated into 6 'plumes'. The scientific name is more accurate, meaning 'six-fingered'. It is the only British member of its family. It can b

Alucita huebneri

Alucita huebneri is a moth of the Alucitidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Fennoscandia, Latvia, the Baltic region, Ukraine and Slovenia. The habitat consists of mesotrophic meadows, colline and mo

Montana Six-plume Moth

Alucita montana

Alucita montana, the Montana six-plume moth, is a moth of the Alucitidae family. It was described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in North America from south-western Quebec and Vermont, west to British Columbia and sout

Alucita objurgatella

Alucita objurgatella, the objurgatella moth, is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is known only from the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Hawaii, but is considered introduced although it could also be indigenous.

Alucita palodactyla

Alucita palodactyla is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Hungary and Iran.

Alucita phricodes

Alucita phricodes is a species of moth of the Alucitidae family. It is found from the Atherton Tableland in Queensland to Batemans Bay in New South Wales.

Alucita pygmaea

Alucita pygmaea is a species of moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in the northern half of Australia, as well as Fiji.

Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla

Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Russia, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia, Fennoscandia, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy. It has also been

Pterotopteryx spilodesma

Pterotopteryx spilodesma is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907. It is found in Russia (Primorskii krai, Sakhalin, the Kurils) and from southern India and Pakistan to Japan (northwards to Hokkaido). It has also