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Alucita
Alucita is the largest genus of many-plumed moths (family Alucitidae); it is also the type genus of its family and the disputed superfamily Alucitoidea. This genus occurs almost worldwide and contains about 180 species as of 2011; new species are still being described and discovered regularly. Formerly, many similar moths of superfamilies Alucitoidea, Copromorphoidea and Pterophoroidea were also placed in Alucita.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Twenty-plume Moth
speciesAlucita hexadactyla
Montana Six-plume Moth
speciesAlucita montana
Alucita phricodes
speciesAlucita phricodes
Alucita huebneri
speciesAlucita huebneri
Alucita pygmaea
speciesAlucita pygmaea
Alucita adriendenisi
speciesAlucita adriendenisi
Alucita grammodactyla
speciesAlucita grammodactyla
Alucita objurgatella
speciesAlucita objurgatella
Alucita desmodactyla
speciesAlucita desmodactyla
Alucita spicifera
speciesAlucita spicifera
Alucita palodactyla
speciesAlucita palodactyla
Alucita canariensis
speciesAlucita canariensis
Alucita xanthodes
speciesAlucita xanthodes
Alucita xanthosticta
speciesAlucita xanthosticta
Alucita eudactyla
speciesAlucita eudactyla
Alucita cancellata
speciesAlucita cancellata
Alucita flavofascia
speciesAlucita flavofascia
Alucita acascaea
speciesAlucita acascaea
Alucita cymatodactyla
speciesAlucita cymatodactyla
Alucita malawica
speciesAlucita malawica
Golden Manyplume Moth
speciesAlucita phanerarcha
Alucita bidentata
speciesAlucita bidentata
Alucita certifica
speciesAlucita certifica
Alucita agapeta
speciesAlucita agapeta
Alucita zonodactyla
speciesAlucita zonodactyla
Alucita japonica
speciesAlucita japonica
Alucita pectinata
speciesAlucita pectinata
Alucita baihua
speciesAlucita baihua
Alucita helena
speciesAlucita helena
Alucita homotrocha
speciesAlucita homotrocha
Alucita acutata
speciesAlucita acutata
Alucita sikkima
speciesAlucita sikkima
Alucita pusilla
speciesAlucita pusilla
Alucita trachyptera
speciesAlucita trachyptera
Alucita acalyptra
speciesAlucita acalyptra
Alucita atomoclasta
speciesAlucita atomoclasta
Alucita major
speciesAlucita major
Alucita ochrozona
speciesAlucita ochrozona
Alucita udovichenkoi
speciesAlucita udovichenkoi
Alucita klimeschi
speciesAlucita klimeschi
Alucita murphy
speciesAlucita murphy
Alucita kosterini
speciesAlucita kosterini
Alucita dohertyi
speciesAlucita dohertyi
Alucita iberica
speciesAlucita iberica
Alucita lalannei
speciesAlucita lalannei
Alucita brachyzona
speciesAlucita brachyzona
Alucita butleri
speciesAlucita butleri
Alucita capensis
speciesAlucita capensis
Alucita compsoxantha
speciesAlucita compsoxantha
Alucita crococyma
speciesAlucita crococyma
Alucita endophaea
speciesAlucita endophaea
Alucita ferruginea
speciesAlucita ferruginea
Alucita flaviserta
speciesAlucita flaviserta
Alucita granata
speciesAlucita granata
Alucita habrophila
speciesAlucita habrophila
Alucita ithycypha
speciesAlucita ithycypha
Alucita libraria
speciesAlucita libraria
Alucita photaula
speciesAlucita photaula
Tesserated Manyplume Moth
speciesAlucita tesserata
Alucita budashkini
speciesAlucita budashkini
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Alucita in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 70204.