Alucita palodactyla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Alucitidae |
Genus: | Alucita |
Species: | A. palodactyla |
Binomial name | |
Alucita palodactyla Zeller, 1847 | |
Synonyms | |
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Alucita palodactyla is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, [1] Hungary and Iran.
Adults are on wing adults in May and from July to September, probably in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Scabiosa rutaefolia . They live within the flowers and on seeds of their host plant. [2]
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 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 bidentata is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in France, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia and on Sardinia.
Alucita canariensis is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found on the Canary Islands.
Alucita budashkini is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Ukraine.
Alucita bulgaria is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Ukraine.
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 cymatodactyla is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in France, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Iran, Israel, Lebanon and Turkey. The habitat consists of dry and semi-dry closed grasslands and riverine ash-alder woodlands.
Alucita debilella is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Spain.
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 iberica is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Spain, mainland Italy and on Sicily.
Alucita karadagica is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Ukraine.
Alucita pliginskii is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Ukraine.
Alucita klimeschi is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found on Cyprus. It has also been recorded from Turkey and Russia.
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. It has also been recorded from Turkey.
Alucita pectinata is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Greece.
Alucita tridentata is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in France, Italy, Turkey and on Corsica and Sicily.
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.