Alucita hexadactyla

Twenty-plume moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Alucita
Species:
A. hexadactyla
Binomial name
Alucita hexadactyla
Synonyms
List
    • Orneodes hexadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • Phalaena hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758
    • Phalaena (Alucita) hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758
    • Alucita poecilodactyla Stephens, 1835
    • Alucita polydactyla Hubner, 1813

Alucita hexadactyla (twenty-plume moth) is a "micromoth" of the many-plumed moth family (Alucitidae). It is found in Eurasia.[1][2] It was previously thought to also occur in North America, but a 2004 study showed that the North American species are distinct and separate.[3]

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