| Alucita major | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Alucitidae |
| Genus: | Alucita |
| Species: | A. major |
| Binomial name | |
| Alucita major (Rebel, 1906) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alucita major is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Italy, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and on Sardinia, Sicily and Crete. [1] It has also been recorded from Turkey.
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.
Alucita hexadactyla is a "micromoth" of the many-plumed moth family (Alucitidae). It is found in Eurasia. It was previously thought to also occur in North America, but a 2004 study showed that the North American species are distinct and separate.
Alucita acascaea is a species of moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Australia.
Alucita xanthodes is a species of moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Queensland, Australia.
Alucita agapeta is a species of moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Australia.
Alucita objurgatella, the objurgatella moth, is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is known only from the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Hawaii, but is considered introduced although it could also be indigenous.
Alucita is the largest genus of many-plumed moths ; 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.
Alucita coffeina is a species of moth of the family Alucitidae. It is known from Gabon.
Alucita habrophila is a species of moth of the family Alucitidae. It is known from South Africa.
Alucita phanerarcha is a species of moth of the family Alucitidae. It is known from South Africa.
Alucita cancellata is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Romania and the Republic of Macedonia. It was first described from Syria and is further known from Iran, Israel, Turkey and Russia.
Alucita desmodactyla is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Portugal, Denmark, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and most of the Balkan Peninsula. It has also been recorded from Armenia and Tunisia. The habitat ranges from slope steppes to fresh deciduous woodlands on altitudes between 90 and 600 meters.
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. It is also present in Turkey.
Alucita huebneri is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Fennoscandia, Latvia, the Baltic region, Ukraine and Slovenia. The habitat consists of mesotrophic meadows, colline and montane hay meadows on altitudes between 200 and 400 metres.
Alucita zonodactyla is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in France, Spain, Italy, Croatia and Greece. It has also been recorded from Turkey and Russia.
Alucita eudactyla is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Colombia, Brazil and the Antilles.
Alucita mesolychna is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Sri Lanka and India (Assam).
Alucita toxophila is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Alucita montana, the Montana six-plume moth, is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It was described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in North America from south-western Quebec and Vermont, west to British Columbia and south to Arizona, California and Texas.
