Alucita cancellata

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Alucita cancellata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Alucita
Species:
A. cancellata
Binomial name
Alucita cancellata
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Orneodes cancellataMeyrick, 1908

Alucita cancellata is a moth of the family Alucitidae. [1] [2] It is found in France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Romania and the Republic of Macedonia. [2] It was first described from Syria and is further known from Iran, Israel, Turkey and Russia. [3]

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are white, with four subquadrate fuscous spots edged with black on the anterior half of the costa. The hindwings are white, the basal area ochreous tinged and spotted with dark fuscous. [4]

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References

  1. "Alucita cancellata (Meyrick, 1908)". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.256. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Alucita cancellata (Meyrick, 1908)". Fauna Europaea . Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  3. Fazekas, Imre (2010). "Provisional atlas and checklist of the Alucitidae fauna of Hungary (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Natura Somogyiensis. 17: 257–271. doi: 10.24394/NatSom.2010.17.257 .
  4. lepiforum.de PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .