Alucita Linnaeus, 1758

FAMILY Alucitidae
SUBFAMILY Alucitinae
AUTHORLinnaeus, 1758
STATUSGenus
PUBLICATIONLinnaeus C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, .... Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. - — :i-iv, 1-824.
PAGINATION 542 Bhl
COMMENTSType species: Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae (Edn 10) 1: 542. By subsequent designation by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1957. Opininions and Declaration of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 15: 253 (Opinion 450).

Genus Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
Aleucita Chambers, 1878 Unavailable name
Allucita Billberg, 1820 Unavailable name
Alucitina Heydenreich, 1851 Synonym of genus
Euchiradia Hübner, 1825 Synonym of genus
Orneodes Latreille, 1796 Synonym of genus
Rhipidophora Hübner, 1822 Synonym of genus

Species

NAME AUTHOR STATUS PUBLICATION
aarviki Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2016a. The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. - Zootaxa 4126(4):533-547.
acalyptra (Meyrick, 1913) Species Meyrick E. 1913b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(4):267-336.
agassizi Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanina A. K. 2018. New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Tanzania. - Zootaxa 4438(1):167-175.
armstrongi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2021 Species Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanin P. Y. 2018. Pterophoridae of the South Africa National Park Namaqua (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). - Shilap, Revista de lepidopterología 46(184):619-625.
atomoclasta (Meyrick, 1934) Species Meyrick E. 1934b. The Percy Sladen and Godman Trusts Expedition to the Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, October 1932 March 1933. III. Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10) 14(82):401-411.
bakingili Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Maicher V., Sáfián Sz., Delabye S., Streltzov A. N. & Tropek R. 2020. Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon. - ZooKeys 935:103-119.
bakweri Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Maicher V., Sáfián Sz., Delabye S., Streltzov A. N. & Tropek R. 2020. Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon. - ZooKeys 935:103-119.
balioxantha Camera (Meyrick, 1921) Species Meyrick E. 1921a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 2. - — 2(13-15):385-480.
besongi Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Sáfián Sz., Maicher V. & Tropek R. 2018. A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). - ZooKeys 777:119-139.
bokwango Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Maicher V., Sáfián Sz., Delabye S., Streltzov A. N. & Tropek R. 2020. Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon. - ZooKeys 935:103-119.
brachyzona (Meyrick, 1920) Synonym of species Meyrick E. 1920b. Exotic Microlepidoptera 2. - — 2(10-12):289-384.
butleri Wallengren, 1875 Species Wallengren H. D. J. 1875. Insecta Transvaaliensia. - Bihang till Transvaalska Republikens i Södra Afrika Insektfauna. - Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 32(1):83-137.
capensis Camera Felder R. & Rogenhofer, 1875 Species Felder C., Felder R. & Rogenhofer A. F. 1865-1875. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. Abtheilung 2, Heft 4, Lepidoptera. Atlas der Heterocera. - — 2(4):1-20, pls 1-140.
certifica (Meyrick, 1909) Species Meyrick E. 1909b. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2(1):1-28, pls 1-8.
chloracta Camera (Meyrick, 1908) Species Meyrick E. 1908a. Notes and descriptions of Pterophoridae and Orneodidae. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1907(4):471-511.
coffeina (Viette, 1958) Species Viette P. 1958j. Un nouveau Microlépidoptère parasite du cafféier (Lep. Orneodidae). - Bulletin de l'Institut fondamental d'Afrique noire (A) 20(2):457-459.
compsoxantha Camera (Meyrick, 1924) Species Meyrick E. 1924b. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. - — 3(3-4):65-128.
crococyma (Meyrick, 1937) Species Meyrick E. 1937a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 5. - — 5(3-5):65-160.
decaryella (Viette, 1956) Synonym of species Viette P. 1956c. Nouveaux Microlépidoptères de Madagascar. - Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 81(2-3):88-99.
deja Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Maicher V., Sáfián Sz., Delabye S., Streltzov A. N. & Tropek R. 2020. Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon. - ZooKeys 935:103-119.
dohertyi Camera (Walsingham, 1909) Species Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1909b. A gigantic new species of Orneodina (Lep.): Orneodes dohertyi sp. n. - Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 45:174-175.
dorcadius (Hering, 1917) Species Hering E. M. 1917. Sieben neue Arten der Gattung Orneodes. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 78:190-195.
ectomesa Camera (Hering, 1917) Species Hering E. M. 1917. Sieben neue Arten der Gattung Orneodes. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 78:190-195.
entoprocta (Hering, 1917) Species Hering E. M. 1917. Sieben neue Arten der Gattung Orneodes. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 78:190-195.
escobari Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Sáfián Sz., Maicher V. & Tropek R. 2018. A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). - ZooKeys 777:119-139.
euscripta Minet, 1976 Species Minet J. 1976. Contribution à l'étude des Microlépidoptères de Madagascar (Sesiidae, Alucitidae). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 81(1-2):40-43.
ferruginea Walsingham, 1881 Species Walsingham Thomas de Grey 1881. On the Tortricidae, Tineidae and Pterophoridae of South Africa. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1881(2):219-288, pls 10-13.
flaviserta (Meyrick, 1921) Species Meyrick E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2):49-148.
fletcheriana (Ghesquière, 1940) Species Ghesquière J. 1940a. Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie). - Annales du Musée du Congo belge, Zoologie [3, Arthropodes] section 2, Catalogues raisonnés Sér. III (II) 7(1):1-120, pls i-v.
fokami Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Sáfián Sz., Maicher V. & Tropek R. 2018. A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). - ZooKeys 777:119-139.
granata Camera (Meyrick, 1921) Synonym of species Meyrick E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2):49-148.
habrophila (Meyrick, 1920) Species Meyrick E. 1920b. Exotic Microlepidoptera 2. - — 2(10-12):289-384.
hemicyclus (Hering, 1917) Species Hering E. M. 1917. Sieben neue Arten der Gattung Orneodes. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 78:190-195.
hendriki Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2021 Species Kovtunovich V. N., Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Streltzov A. N. & Ustjuzhanina A. K. 2021. New species of Alucitidae from Republic of South Africa (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae). - Shilap, Revista de lepidopterología 49(193):123-127.
homotrocha (Meyrick, 1921) Species Meyrick E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2):49-148.
huebneri Wallengren, 1859 Species Wallengren H. D. J. 1859. Skandinaviens Fjädermott. - Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (N.F.) 3(7):1-25.
illuminatrix (Meyrick, 1929) Species Meyrick E. 1929d. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. - — 3(16-17):481-544.
imbrifera Camera (Meyrick, 1929) Synonym of species Meyrick E. 1929d. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. - — 3(16-17):481-544.
inflativora Gielis & Buszko, 2009 Species Gielis, R. & Buszko J. 2009. Order Lepidoptera, family Alucitidae. - In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. - — 2:458-462.
iringiensis Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanina A. K. 2018. New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Tanzania. - Zootaxa 4438(1):167-175.
isodina Camera (Meyrick, 1920) Synonym of species Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. - — :33-120.
ithycypha (Meyrick, 1927) Species Meyrick E. 1927a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. - — 3(11-12):321-384.
jana Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Maicher V., Sáfián Sz., Delabye S., Streltzov A. N. & Tropek R. 2020. Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon. - ZooKeys 935:103-119.
janeceki Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Sáfián Sz., Maicher V. & Tropek R. 2018. A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). - ZooKeys 777:119-139.
katanga Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N. & Streltzov A. N. 2020b. New species of many-plumed moth (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from the Democratic Republic of Congo. - Russian Entomological Journal 29(2):199-202.
libraria (Meyrick, 1911) Species Meyrick E. 1911c. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera II. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2(4):218-240.
lidiya Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Sáfián Sz., Maicher V. & Tropek R. 2018. A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). - ZooKeys 777:119-139.
longipenis Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Sáfián Sz., Maicher V. & Tropek R. 2018. A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). - ZooKeys 777:119-139.
loxoschista (Meyrick, 1931) Synonym of species Meyrick E. 1931a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 4. - — 4(2-6):33-192.
ludmila Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Sáfián Sz., Maicher V. & Tropek R. 2018. A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). - ZooKeys 777:119-139.
malawica Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2016a. The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. - Zootaxa 4126(4):533-547.
megaphimus (Hering, 1917) Synonym of species Hering E. M. 1917. Sieben neue Arten der Gattung Orneodes. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 78:190-195.
melanodactyla Legrand, 1966 Species Legrand H. 1966. Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. - Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A)37 (1965):1-210, pls 1-16.
meloui Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2016c. Two new species of the many-plumed moth genus Alucita Linnaeus (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Madagascar. - Entomological Review 96(8):1115-1118.
mischenini Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Sáfián Sz., Maicher V. & Tropek R. 2018. A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). - ZooKeys 777:119-139.
molliflua (Meyrick, 1927) Species Meyrick E. 1927a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. - — 3(11-12):321-384.
murphy Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2016a. The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. - Zootaxa 4126(4):533-547.
murzini Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2016c. Two new species of the many-plumed moth genus Alucita Linnaeus (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Madagascar. - Entomological Review 96(8):1115-1118.
myriodesma Camera (Meyrick, 1929) Synonym of species Meyrick E. 1929d. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. - — 3(16-17):481-544.
nannodactyla (Rebel, 1907) Species Rebel H. 1907a. Lepidopteren aus Südarabien und von der Insel Sokotra. - Denkschriften der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 71(2):31-130, pl. 1.
nyasa Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2016a. The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. - Zootaxa 4126(4):533-547.
ochriprota (Hering, 1917) Species Hering E. M. 1917. Sieben neue Arten der Gattung Orneodes. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 78:190-195.
olga Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Sáfián Sz., Maicher V. & Tropek R. 2018. A newly discovered biodiversity hotspot of many-plumed moths in the Mount Cameroon area: first report on species diversity, with description of nine new species (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). - ZooKeys 777:119-139.
phanerarcha Camera (Meyrick, 1924) Species Meyrick E. 1924b. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. - — 3(3-4):65-128.
photaula (Meyrick, 1918) Species Meyrick E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6(2):7-59.
plumigera (Strand, 1913) Species Strand E. 1913d. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera IV. (Verschiedene Familien). - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 78 (A) (1912)(12):30-84, pls 1-2.
priona Camera Bippus, 2020 Species Bippus M. 2020b. Records of Lepidoptera from the Malagasy region with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Noctuidae, Alucitidae, Choreutidae, Euteliidae, Gelechiidae, Blastobasidae, Pterophoridae, Tonzidae, Tineidae, Praydidae, Cosm..., Batrachedridae). - Phelsuma 28:60-100.
rhaptica Camera (Meyrick, 1920) Species Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911-1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. - — :33-120.
romieuxi Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N. & Streltzov A. N. 2020b. New species of many-plumed moth (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from the Democratic Republic of Congo. - Russian Entomological Journal 29(2):199-202.
safi Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N. & Streltzov A. N. 2020a. New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Liberia and Ghana (Western Africa). - Ecologica Montenegrina 32:26-31.
seychellensis Camera (Fletcher T. B., 1910) Species Fletcher T. B. 1910b. The Orneodidae and Pterophoridae of the Seychelles Expedition. (The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905). - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2 Zool.) 13(1):397-403.
snezhinka Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanina A. K. 2018. New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Tanzania. - Zootaxa 4438(1):167-175.
sochivkoi Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Kovtunovich V. N. 2016a. The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. - Zootaxa 4126(4):533-547.
spicifera Camera (Meyrick, 1911) Species Meyrick E. 1911c. Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera II. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2(4):218-240.
tanzanica Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanina A. K. 2018. New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Tanzania. - Zootaxa 4438(1):167-175.
tatjana Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Maicher V., Sáfián Sz., Delabye S., Streltzov A. N. & Tropek R. 2020. Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon. - ZooKeys 935:103-119.
tesserata Camera (Meyrick, 1918) Species Meyrick E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6(2):7-59.
tropeki Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N. & Streltzov A. N. 2020a. New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Liberia and Ghana (Western Africa). - Ecologica Montenegrina 32:26-31.
udovichenkoi Camera Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2019 Species Kovtunovich V. N., Ustjuzhanin P. Y. & Streltzov A. N. 2019. New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from the Republic of South Africa. - Ecologica Montenegrina 26:1-3.
zinovievi Camera Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2016 Species Kovtunovich V. N. & Ustjuzhanin P. Y. 2016. Alucita zinovievi - new species of many-plumed moths from Cameroon (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae). - Amurian Zoological Journal 8(4):299-300.
zuza Camera Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 Species Ustjuzhanin P. Y., Kovtunovich V. N., Maicher V., Sáfián Sz., Delabye S., Streltzov A. N. & Tropek R. 2020. Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon. - ZooKeys 935:103-119.