Suborder:Glossata Infraorder:Heteroneura Superfamily:Alucitoidea
44.001 Alucita hexadactyla (Twenty-plume Moth)
ws 14-16mm; all year; honeysuckle (Lonicera); common throughout GB
Alucita hexadactyla §1
ID: Each wing is divided into 6 narrow lobes - hence the species name 'hexadactyla' is more accurate than the English name.
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§1 Pendeen, Cornwall; 21/08/2006
§2 St Marys, isles of Scilly; 23/10/2006 §3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 24/04/2007 §4 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 06/09/2009 §5 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 28/09/2011; female §6 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 28/09/2014 §7 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 02/05/2020; female; fw 7.6mm §8 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 26/09/2020 §9 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 28/09/2020; male; fw 6.4mm §10 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 08/10/2020; male; fw 7.3mm All images © Chris Lewis |
§11 Bampton Grange, Cumbria; 03/02/2022; female; fw 7.3mm
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Page published 11/01/2012 (§1-5) | §6 added 02/11/2014 | §7 added 13/05/2020 | §8-10 added 28/10/2020 | §11 added 06/05/2022
