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Many-plumed Moths
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Many-plumed Moths

Alucitidae

The Alucitidae or many-plumed moths are a family of moths with unusually modified wings. Both fore- and hind-wings consist of about six rigid spines, from which radiate flexible bristles creating a structure similar to a bird's feather.

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10 branches of this family, most-observed first

Alucita

genusAlucita

Pterotopteryx

genusPterotopteryx

Triscaedecia

genusTriscaedecia

Pteropteryx

genusPteropteryx

Alinguata

genusAlinguata

Hebdomactis

genusHebdomactis

Microschismus

genusMicroschismus

Hexeretmis

genusHexeretmis

Paelia

genusPaelia

Prymnotomis

genusPrymnotomis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48148.