Many-plumed moth
Alucita hexadactyla
The Federgeistchen ( Alucitidae ) are a family of butterflies. They are used worldwide with only about 130 species in 9 genera before. Federgeistchen call themselves members of the genus Pterophorus, but which belong to the family of the spring moths ( Pterophoridae ).
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 12-16 millimeters. They have very peculiarly shaped wings, which consist of rigid spines on which stick out on both sides, similar to springs, flexible bristles. Your filamentary probe reach about two -thirds of the forewing length. Some species have in addition to the compound eyes and simple eyes ( ocelli ). Your Maxillarpalpen are well developed depending on the type, reduced or completely absent. Their proboscis is unbeschuppt and well developed.
The forewings have depending on the author 8 or 9 or 11 or 12 wing veins with an anal vein (1b ), the hind wings have seven to nine veins and anal vein (1b). The authors argue for more wing veins, these recognize run as short twig the seventh of the vein to the Costa loader at the front edge of the wing.
Way of life
The moths are crepuscular or nocturnal. You have opened the wings, either partially or entirely in its rest position, the undersides of which lie more or less on the landing pad.
The caterpillars feed as leaf miners in flowers and buds of honeysuckle ( Lonicera spp.).
System
The Federgeistchen family is represented in Europe with 23 species. In German-speaking countries get away with eight species from:
- Alucita cymatodactyla Zeller, 1852 CH
- Geißblattgeistchen ( Alucita hexadactyla ) Linnaeus, 1758 D -CH -A
- Alucita huebneri Wallengren, 1859 D -CH -A
- Alucita grammodactyla Zeller, 1841 D -CH -A
- Alucita palodactyla Zeller, 1847 D -CH
- Alucita desmodactyla Zeller, 1847 D -CH -A
- Alucita zonodactyla Zeller, 1847 CH
- Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla Hübner, 1813 D -CH -A