Alucita grammodactyla

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Alucita grammodactyla
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Detail of a "plume" of the wing
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Alucita
Species:
A. grammodactyla
Binomial name
Alucita grammodactyla
Zeller, 1841

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. [1] It is also present in Turkey.

The wingspan 14–17 mm for males and females. Adults are on wing from April to September. [2] Adults are on wing from July to early September and again (after hibernation) until early June.

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