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TWENTY PLUME MOTHAlucita hexadactyla©Nigel Deacon The Twenty-plume Moth is a “micromoth” with a wingspan of 14-16mm/~half inch. It is found in Europe and has been introduced into North America. Unlike a typical moth, which has two pairs of scaly wings, Alucita has about twenty thin feathery plumes (with scales on the supporting ribs). It perches with the wings outspread like a fan. The wings have a bold zigzag pattern in white, black and brown, which together with the shiny backward-pointing hairs on each plume make the adult moth distinctive. The specific name hexadactyla comes from the Greek for six-fingered.  The caterpillar larvae feed on honeysuckle (Lonicera). They are leaf miners, tunnelling inside the leaves of the food plant to avoid predators. Source Other posts: Vietnamese Plume Moths Mating Creatonotos Gangis Many Plumed Moth or Twenty Plumed Moth

TWENTY PLUME MOTH
Alucita hexadactyla
©Nigel Deacon

The Twenty-plume Moth is a “micromoth” with a wingspan of 14-16mm/~half inch. It is found in Europe and has been introduced into North America.

Unlike a typical moth, which has two pairs of scaly wings, Alucita has about twenty thin feathery plumes (with scales on the supporting ribs). It perches with the wings outspread like a fan. The wings have a bold zigzag pattern in white, black and brown, which together with the shiny backward-pointing hairs on each plume make the adult moth distinctive. The specific name hexadactyla comes from the Greek for six-fingered. 

The caterpillar larvae feed on honeysuckle (Lonicera). They are leaf miners, tunnelling inside the leaves of the food plant to avoid predators. Source

Other posts:

Vietnamese Plume Moths Mating

Creatonotos Gangis

Many Plumed Moth or Twenty Plumed Moth

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