The Alucitidae or many-plumed moths are a family of Lepidoptera 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 .
The family is small with about 130 species described. Both in Britain and North America only one of these is found - Alucita hexadactyla . This smallish moth can often be found fluttering in the evening twilight or resting with its 'wings' outstretched. Its larvae feed on honeysuckle (Lonicera ).
Arthropoda - Insecta - Families of Lepidoptera
Acanthopteroctetidae -
Acrolepiidae -
Acrolophidae -
Adelidae -
Agathiphagidae -
Agonoxenidae -
Aididae -
Alucitidae -
Anomoeotidae -
Anomosetidae -
Anthelidae -
Arctiidae -
Arrhenophanidae -
Axiidae -
Batrachedridae -
Bedelliidae -
Blastobasidae -
Bombycidae -
Brachodidae -
Brahmaeidae -
Bucculatricidae -
Callidulidae -
Carposinidae -
Carthaeidae -
Castniidae -
Cecidosidae -
Choreutidae -
Coleophoridae -
Copromorphidae -
Cosmopterigidae -
Cossidae -
Crambidae -
Crinopterygidae -
Cyclotornidae -
Dalceridae -
Doidae -
Douglasiidae -
Drepanidae -
Dudgeoneidae -
Elachistidae -
Endromidae -
Epermeniidae -
Epicopeiidae -
Epipyropidae -
Eriocottidae -
Eriocraniidae -
Ethmiidae -
Eupterotidae -
Galacticidae -
Gelechiidae -
Geometridae -
Glyphipterigidae -
Gracillariidae -
Hedylidae -
Heliodinidae -
Heliozelidae -
Hepialidae -
Hesperiidae -
Heterobathmiidae -
Heterogynidae -
Himantopteridae -
Holcopogonidae -
Hyblaeidae -
Immidae -
Incurvariidae -
Lacturidae -
Lasiocampidae -
Lecithoceridae -
Lemoniidae -
Limacodidae -
Lophocoronidae -
Lycaenidae -
Lymantriidae -
Lyonetiidae -
Lypusidae -
Megalopygidae -
Metachandidae -
Micropterigidae -
Mimallonidae -
Mirinidae -
Mnesarchaeidae -
Momphidae -
Neopseustidae -
Neotheoridae -
Nepticulidae -
Noctuidae -
Nolidae -
Notodontidae -
Nymphalidae -
Oecophoridae -
Oenosandridae -
Opostegidae -
Palaeosetidae -
Palaephatidae -
Pantheidae -
Papilionidae -
Pieridae -
Plutellidae -
Prodoxidae -
Prototheoridae -
Psychidae -
Pterolonchidae -
Pterophoridae -
Pyralidae -
Riodinidae -
Roeslerstammiidae -
Saturniidae -
Schreckensteiniidae -
Scythrididae -
Sematuridae -
Sesiidae -
Simaethistidae -
Somabrachyidae -
Sphingidae -
Symmocidae -
Thyrididae -
Tineidae -
Tineodidae -
Tischeriidae -
Tortricidae -
Uraniidae -
Urodidae -
Whalleyanidae -
Yponomeutidae -
Ypsolophidae -
Zygaenidae
