Catalogue of World Alucitoidea

Superfamily: Alucitoidea Minet, 1986

Minet, J. (1986) Ébauche d'une classification modern de l'ordre des Lépidoptères. Alexanor 14: 291–313.

Family: Alucitidae Leach, 1815

Page reference: Leach, W.E. (1815), 135

Has type (Type genus): Alucita Linnaeus, 1758

= Family (Subjective synonym): Oxychirotidae Meyrick, 1885

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1885), 437 ↗

Has type (Type genus): Oxychirota Meyrick, 1885

= Family (Subjective synonym; Heikkilä, M., Mutanen, M., Wahlberg, N., Sihvonen, P. & Kaila, L., 2015): Tineodidae Meyrick, 1885

Page reference (Name introduced for family containing Tineodes but not discussed in paper): Meyrick, E. (1885), 421 ↗

Has type (Type genus): Tineodes Guenée, 1854

Heikkilä, M., Mutanen, M., Wahlberg, N., Sihvonen, P. & Kaila, L. (2015) Elusive ditrysian phylogeny: an account of combining systematized morphology with molecular data (Lepidoptera). BMC Evolutionary Biology 15. ↗

Leach, W.E. (1815) Entomology [pp. 57–172]. Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopedia Volume IX [part I] 1-764. ↗

Meyrick, E. (1885) X. On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 33: 421–456. ↗

Genus: Alinguata Fleming, 1948

Page reference: Fleming, H. (1948), 39

Fleming, H. (1948) A new genus and species of Orneodidae (moths) from Rancho Grande, North-central Venezuela. Zoologica, Stuttgart 33: 39–41. ↗

Species: Alinguata neblina Fleming, 1948

Page reference: Fleming, H. (1948), 40

Distribution:

Venezuela (Fleming, H. 1948)

Fleming, H. (1948) A new genus and species of Orneodidae (moths) from Rancho Grande, North-central Venezuela. Zoologica, Stuttgart 33: 39–41. ↗

Species: Alinguata tinalandia Heppner, 2015

Page reference (new species): Heppner, J.B. (2015), 41

Distribution:

Ecuador

Heppner, J.B. (2015) A new Alinguata species fom Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae). Lepidoptera Novae 8 (1): 41-42.

Genus: Alucita Linnaeus, 1758

Page reference: Linnaeus, C. (1758), 542

Is type for (Type genus): Alucitidae Leach, 1815

Has type (Type species by subsequent designation): Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758

= Genus (Objective synonym): Orneodes Latreille, 1796

Page reference: Latreille, P.A. (1796), 148

Has type (Type species by subsequent designation): Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758

Has superfluous replacement (Misspelling): Orneodus Latreille, 1796

= Genus (Objective synonym): Euchiradia Hübner, 1825

Page reference: Hübner, J. (1825), 431

Has type (Type species by original designation): Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758

= Genus (Objective synonym): Alucitina Heydenreich, 1851

Page reference: Heydenreich, G. (1851), 94

= Genus: Orneodus Latreille, 1796

Page reference (Misspelling): Meyrick, E. (1909), 4 ↗

Is superfluous replacement for (Misspelling): Orneodes Latreille, 1796

Heydenreich, G. (1851) Lepidopterorum europaeorum catalogus methodicus (Systematisches verzeichniss der europaeischen schmetterlinge). 131 pp. ↗

Hübner, J. (1825) Verzeichniss bekannter Schmetterlinge. ↗

Latreille, P.A. (1796) Précis des caractères génériques des Insectes disposés dans un ordre naturel par le Citoyen Latreille. i-xiv + 215 pp. ↗

Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 1-824. ↗

Meyrick, E. (1909) Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2: 1–28, 8 plates. ↗

Species: Alucita aarviki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016

Distribution:

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Species: Alucita abenahoensis Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 16

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Abenaho and Nipsan district)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita acalles (Walsingham, 1915)

Has basionym: Orneodes acalles Walsingham, 1915

= Species: Orneodes acalles Walsingham, 1915

Page reference (Original description): Walsingham, T. de Grey (1915), 450 ↗

Distribution:

Costa Rica (Walsingham, T. de Grey 1915: Cartago: Volcan de Irazu, 6000-7000 ft.)

Walsingham, T. de Grey (1915) Biologia Centrali-Americana; or contribution to the knowledge of the flora and fauna of Mexico and Central America. (Zool.) Lepid.-Heterocera. ↗

Species: Alucita acalyptra (Meyrick, 1913)

Has basionym: Orneodes acalyptra Meyrick, 1913

= Species: Orneodes acalyptra Meyrick, 1913

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1913), 269 ↗

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

South Africa (Meyrick, E. 1913: Barberton)

Meyrick, E. (1913) Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3: 267–336. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2024) Magnifying the hotspot: descriptions of nine new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), with an identification key to all species known from Cameroon. ZooKeys 1193: 25-48. ↗

Species: Alucita acascaea (Turner, 1913)

Has basionym: Orneodes acascaea Turner, 1913

= Species: Orneodes acascaea Turner, 1913

Page reference: Turner, A.J. (1913), 161

Turner, A.J. (1913) Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 24: 111–163. ↗

Species: Alucita acutata Scholz & Jäckh, 1994

Page reference: Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994), 40

Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994) Taxonomie und Verbreitung der westpaläarktischen Alucita-Arten (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae (Orneodidae)). Alexanor 18 Supplement: [3]–[64].

Species: Alucita adriendenisi Landry & Landry, 2004

Page reference: Landry, B. & Landry, J.-F. (2004), 561-568

Landry, B. & Landry, J.-F. (2004) The genus Alucita in North America, with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae). The Canadian Entomologist 136: 553–579. ↗

Species: Alucita adzharica Zagulajev, 1994

Page reference: Zagulajev, A.K. (1994), 114

Zagulajev, A.K. (1994) New and little known species of moths of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring territories, VII. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 73: 114–127.

Species: Alucita agapeta (Turner, 1913)

Has basionym: Orneodes agapeta Turner, 1913

= Species: Orneodes agapeta Turner, 1913

Page reference: Turner, A.J. (1913), 161

Turner, A.J. (1913) Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 24: 111–163. ↗

Species: Alucita agassizi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Tanzania (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2018) New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Tanzania. Zootaxa 4438: 167–175. ↗

Species: Alucita amalopis (Meyrick, 1927)

Has basionym: Orneodes amalopis Meyrick, 1927

= Species: Orneodes amalopis Meyrick, 1927

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1927), 96

Meyrick, E. (1927) Insects of Samoa and other Samoan Terrestrial Arthropoda. Part III. Lepidoptera Fasc. 2 Micro-Lepidoptera. 65-116. ↗

Species: Alucita ancalopa (Meyrick, 1921)

Has basionym: Orneodes ancalopa Meyrick, 1921

= Species: Orneodes ancalopa Meyrick, 1921

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1921), 409 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1921) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2(13-15): 385-480. ↗

Species: Alucita anemolia (Meyrick, 1929)

Has basionym: Orneodes anemolia Meyrick, 1929

= Species: Orneodes anemolia Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 533 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Species: Alucita anna Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024

Page reference (sp. nov.): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Prozorov A. (2024), 2

Distribution:

Ethiopia (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Prozorov A. 2024)

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Prozorov A. (2024) Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) – a new family for the fauna of Ethiopia. Ecologica Montenegrina 71: 1-4. ↗

Species: Alucita anticoma (Meyrick, 1929)

Page reference (Redescription): Gielis, C. (2009), 17

Has basionym: Orneodes anticoma Meyrick, 1929

= Species: Orneodes anticoma Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 536 ↗

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Meyrick, E. 1929)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Species: Alucita aramsolkiensis Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 17

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Aramsolki)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita argyrospodia (Diakonoff, 1954)

Page reference (Redescription): Gielis, C. (2009), 18

Has basionym: Orneodes argyrospodia Diakonoff, 1954

= Species: Orneodes argyrospodia Diakonoff, 1954

Page reference (Original description): Diakonoff, A. (1954), 184 ↗

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009)

Papua New Guinea (Diakonoff, A. 1954)

Diakonoff, A. (1954) Microlepidoptera of New Guinea : results of the third Archbold expedition : (American-Netherlands Indian expedition 1938-1939) : part IV. 196 pp. ↗

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita armstrongi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2021

Page reference (Original description): Kovtunovich, V., Ustjuzhanin, P., Streltzov, A.N. & Usjuzhanina, A.K. (2021), 124

Distribution:

South Africa (Kovtunovich, V., Ustjuzhanin, P., Streltzov, A.N. & Usjuzhanina, A.K. 2021)

Kovtunovich, V., Ustjuzhanin, P., Streltzov, A.N. & Usjuzhanina, A.K. (2021) New species of Alucitidae from Republic of South Africa (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 49(193): 123-127.

Species: Alucita arriguttii (Pastrana, 1960)

Has basionym: Orneodes arriguttii Pastrana, 1960

Has superfluous replacement (Misspelling): Alucita arrigutti (Pastrana, 1960)

= Species: Orneodes arriguttii Pastrana, 1960

Page reference (Original description): Pastrana, J.A. (1960), 89

= Species: Alucita arrigutti (Pastrana, 1960)

Page reference (Misspelling in LepIndex): Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A. & Lyal, C. (Editors) (2018), 61 ↗

Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A. & Lyal, C. (Editors) (2018) The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). Web database. ↗

Pastrana, J.A. (1960) Nuevos Orneodidae (Lep.) neotropicales. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 22: 85–91. [1959]. ↗

Species: Alucita atomoclasta (Meyrick, 1934)

Has basionym: Orneodes atomoclasta Meyrick, 1934

= Species: Orneodes atomoclasta Meyrick, 1934

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1934), 401

Meyrick, E. (1934) XL.—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 14: 401–411. ↗

Species: Alucita bakingili Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Delabye, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2020), 108-110

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Delabye, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2020) Even hotter hotspot: description of seven new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Mount Cameroon. ZooKeys 935: 103–119. ↗

Species: Alucita bakweri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Delabye, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2020), 106-107

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita baliochlora (Meyrick, 1929)

Has basionym: Orneodes baliochlora Meyrick, 1929

= Species: Orneodes baliochlora Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 535 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Species: Alucita balioxantha (Meyrick, 1921)

Has basionym: Orneodes balioxantha Meyrick, 1921

= Species: Orneodes balioxantha Meyrick, 1921

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1921), 406 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1921) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2(13-15): 385-480. ↗

Species: Alucita beinongdai (Yang, 1977)

Has basionym: Orneodes beinongdai Yang, 1977

= Species: Orneodes beinongdai Yang, 1977

Page reference: Yang, C.Z. (1977), 260

= Species (syn. n.; Hao, Sh., Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N, 2025): Alucita ussurica Ustjuzhanin, 1999

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. (1999), 2

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

China (Beijing) (Hao, Sh., Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N 2025)

Russia (Primorsky kray) (Hao, Sh., Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N 2025)

Hao, Sh., Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N (2025) New data on poorly-known species of many-plumes moth (Lepidioptera: Alucitidae) from China and Russia. Far Eastern Entomologist 517: 9-13. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. (1999) New and little-known Palaearctic Species of Alucitidae (Lepidoptera). Far Eastern Entomologist 68: 1–7. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Yang, C.Z. (1977) Moths of North China 1.

Species: Alucita besongi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2018), 134

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (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. ↗

Species: Alucita bidentata Scholz & Jäckh, 1994

Page reference: Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994), 17

Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994) Taxonomie und Verbreitung der westpaläarktischen Alucita-Arten (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae (Orneodidae)). Alexanor 18 Supplement: [3]–[64].

Species: Alucita bokwango Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Delabye, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2020), 114-116

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita brachyphimus (Hering, 1917)

Has basionym: Orneodes brachyphimus Hering, 1917

Has superfluous replacement (Misspelling): Alucita brachyphinus (Hering, 1917)

Has superfluous replacement (Misspelling): Alucita brachyophimus (Hering, 1917)

= Species: Orneodes brachyphimus Hering, 1917

Is basionym for: Alucita brachyphinus (Hering, 1917)

Is basionym for: Alucita brachyophimus (Hering, 1917)

= Species: Alucita brachyphinus (Hering, 1917)

Page reference: Hering, M. (1917), 191

Page reference (Misspelling): Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A. & Lyal, C. (Editors) (2018), 68 ↗

Has basionym: Orneodes brachyphimus Hering, 1917

= Species: Alucita brachyophimus (Hering, 1917)

Page reference (Misspelling): Gielis, C. (2009), 15

Has basionym: Orneodes brachyphimus Hering, 1917

Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A. & Lyal, C. (Editors) (2018) The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). Web database. ↗

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Hering, M. (1917) Sieben neue Arten der Gattung Orneodes (Mikrolepid.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 78: 190–195. ↗

Species: Alucita bridarollii (Pastrana, 1951)

Has basionym: Orneodes bridarollii Pastrana, 1951

= Species: Orneodes bridarollii Pastrana, 1951

Page reference: Pastrana, J.A. (1951), 122

Pastrana, J.A. (1951) Dos nuevas especies de Orneodidae de la Argentia y Paraguay (Lep.). Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 152: 116–126. ↗

Species: Alucita brunnea (Fletcher, 1926)

Has basionym: Orneodes brunnea Fletcher, 1926

= Species: Orneodes brunnea Fletcher, 1926

Page reference: Fletcher, T.B. (1926), 637

Fletcher, T.B. (1926) XXVII. On Walker’s Types of Plume-moths in the National Collection: Redescriptions and Notes. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher R.N., F.L.S., F.E.S., F.Z.S. Imperial Entomologist to the Government of India. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 73: 599–639. ↗

Species: Alucita budashkini Zagulajev, 2000

Page reference: Zagulajev, A.K. (2000), 883

Zagulajev, A.K. (2000) New species of the Multiplumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. XII. Entomological Review 79: 880–890.

Species: Alucita bulgaria Zagulajev, 2000

Page reference: Zagulajev, A.K. (2000), 882

Zagulajev, A.K. (2000) New species of the Multiplumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. XII. Entomological Review 79: 880–890.

Species: Alucita butleri Wallengren, 1875

Page reference: Wallengren, H.D.J. (1875), 130

Wallengren, H.D.J. (1875) Insecta Transvaaliensia.-- Bidrag till Transvaalska Republikens i Södra Afrika insektfauna. 83-137. ↗

Species: Alucita canariensis Scholz & Jäckh, 1994

Page reference: Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994), 26

Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994) Taxonomie und Verbreitung der westpaläarktischen Alucita-Arten (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae (Orneodidae)). Alexanor 18 Supplement: [3]–[64].

Species: Alucita cancellata (Meyrick, 1908)

Has basionym: Orneodes cancellata Meyrick, 1908

= Species: Orneodes cancellata Meyrick, 1908

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1908), 510

Meyrick, E. (1908) XXVII. Notes and Descriptions of Pterophoridae and Orneodidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 471–511. [1907]. ↗

Species: Alucita capensis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Page reference (Original illustration): Felder, R. & Rogenhofer, A.F. (1875), Plate CXL, fig. 63 ↗

Distribution:

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

South Africa (Felder, R. & Rogenhofer, A.F. 1875: Knysna)

Felder, R. & Rogenhofer, A.F. (1875) Atlas der Heterocera. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857-1859 2(2): Zoology plate 140. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Species: Alucita certifica (Meyrick, 1909)

Has basionym: Orneodus certifica Meyrick, 1909

= Species: Orneodus certifica Meyrick, 1909

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1909), 4 ↗

Page reference (Illustration): Meyrick, E. (1909), Plate 2, fig. 4 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1909) Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2: 1–28, 8 plates. ↗

Species: Alucita chloracta (Meyrick, 1908)

Has basionym: Orneodes chloracta Meyrick, 1908

= Species: Orneodes chloracta Meyrick, 1908

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1908), 507

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Meyrick, E. (1908) XXVII. Notes and Descriptions of Pterophoridae and Orneodidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 471–511. [1907]. ↗

Species: Alucita cinnerethella (Amsel, 1935)

Has basionym: Orneodes cinnerethella Amsel, 1935

= Species: Orneodes cinnerethella Amsel, 1935

Page reference: Amsel, H.G. (1935), 293

Amsel, H.G. (1935) Neue palästinensische Lepidopteren. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 20: 271–320.

Species: Alucita coffeina (Viette, 1958)

Has basionym: Orneodes coffeina Viette, 1958

= Species: Orneodes coffeina Viette, 1958

Page reference: Viette, P.E.L. (1958), 457

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Viette, P.E.L. (1958) Un nouveau Microlépidoptère parasite du caféier. 457-459.

Species: Alucita compsoxantha (Meyrick, 1924)

Has basionym: Orneodes compsoxantha Meyrick, 1924

= Species: Orneodes compsoxantha Meyrick, 1924

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1924), 95 ↗

Distribution:

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020)

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

Zimbabwe (Meyrick, E. 1924)

Meyrick, E. (1924) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(3-4): 65-128. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020) New species of many-plumed moth (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Russian Entomological Journal 29(2): 199-202. ↗

Species: Alucita crococyma (Meyrick, 1937)

Has basionym: Orneodes crococyma Meyrick, 1937

= Species: Orneodes crococyma Meyrick, 1937

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1937), 119

Distribution:

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

South Africa (Meyrick, E. 1937: Natal: Karkloof)

Meyrick, E. (1937) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 5(3-5): 65-160.

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Species: Alucita cyanophanes (Meyrick, 1934)

Has basionym: Orneodes cyanophanes Meyrick, 1934

= Species: Orneodes cyanophanes Meyrick, 1934

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1934), 506 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1934) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4(15-20): 449-642. ↗

Species: Alucita cymatodactyla Zeller, 1852

Page reference: Zeller, P.C. (1852), 413 ↗

= Species (Subjective synonym): Alucita baldizzonella Nel, 2001

Page reference: Nel, J. (2001), 101

Nel, J. (2001) Espèces nouvelles ou rarement signalées du microlépidoptères de France. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 106: 101–104.

Zeller, P.C. (1852) Revision der Pterophoriden. Linnaea entomologica 6: 319–413. ↗

Species: Alucita cymographa (Meyrick, 1929)

Has basionym: Orneodes cymographa Meyrick, 1929

= Species: Orneodes cymographa Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 536 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Species: Alucita danunciae Vargas, 2011

Page reference (Original description): Vargas, H.A. (2011), 85

Page reference (Dorsal image, male and female genitalia): Farfán, J., Cerdeña, J., Condori-Mamani, M., Huanca-Mamani, W. & Vargas, H.A. (2020), 106

Page reference (COI tree within Alucita): Farfán, J., Cerdeña, J., Condori-Mamani, M., Huanca-Mamani, W. & Vargas, H.A. (2020), 107

Distribution:

Chile (Vargas, H.A. 2011)

Peru (Farfán, J., Cerdeña, J., Condori-Mamani, M., Huanca-Mamani, W. & Vargas, H.A. 2020)

Species interactions:

Feeds on (Vargas, H.A. 2011): Tecoma fulva subsp. fulva (Lamiales: Bignoniaceae) ↗

Feeds on (Farfán, J., Cerdeña, J., Condori-Mamani, M., Huanca-Mamani, W. & Vargas, H.A. 2020): Tecoma fulva subsp. arequipensis (Sprague) J. R. I. Wood (Lamiales: Bignoniaceae) ↗

Farfán, J., Cerdeña, J., Condori-Mamani, M., Huanca-Mamani, W. & Vargas, H.A. (2020) First record of Alucita danunciae (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) in Peru. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 55(2): 103-108. ↗

Vargas, H.A. (2011) A new species of Alucita L. (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Northern Chile. Neotropical Entomology 40: 85–88. ↗

Species: Alucita debilella Scholz & Jäckh, 1994

Page reference: Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994), 54

Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994) Taxonomie und Verbreitung der westpaläarktischen Alucita-Arten (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae (Orneodidae)). Alexanor 18 Supplement: [3]–[64].

Species: Alucita deboeri Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 19

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Nipsan district)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita deja Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Delabye, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2020), 112-114

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita dejongi Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 19

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Nipsan district)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita desmodactyla Zeller, 1847

Page reference: Zeller (1847), 908 ↗

= Species: Orneodes flavidactyla Toll, 1936

Page reference: Toll, S. (1936), 405

Is basionym for: Alucita flavidactyla (Toll, 1936)

= Species (Subjective synonym): Alucita flavidactyla (Toll, 1936)

Has basionym: Orneodes flavidactyla Toll, 1936

Toll, S. (1936) Untersuchung der Genitalien bei Pyrausta purpuralis L. und P. ostrinalis Hb., nebst Beschreibung 11 neuer Microlepidopteren - Arten. Annales Musei Zoologici Polonici 11: 403–413.

Zeller (1847) Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung, von Oken. ↗

Species: Alucita devosi Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 19

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Wasior and Nipsan districts)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita dohertyi (Walsingham, 1909)

Has basionym: Orneodes dohertyi Walsingham, 1909

= Species: Orneodes dohertyi Walsingham, 1909

Page reference: Walsingham, T. de Grey (1909), 174

= Species: Orneodes decaryella Viette, 1956

Page reference: Viette, P.E.L. (1956), 89

Is basionym for: Alucita decaryella (Viette, 1956)

= Species (Subjective synonym; Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N., 2016): Alucita decaryella (Viette, 1956)

Has basionym: Orneodes decaryella Viette, 1956

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Kenya (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Madagascar (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

South Africa (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Tanzania (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Uganda (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N. (2016) Two new species of the many-plumed moth genus Alucita Linnaeus (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Madagascar. Entomological Review 96: 1115–1118. ↗

Viette, P.E.L. (1956) Nouveaux Microlépidoptères de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 81: 88–99.

Walsingham, T. de Grey (1909) A gigantic new species of Orneodina (Lepi.), Orneodes dohertyi sp. n. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 45: 174–175. ↗

Species: Alucita ectomesa (Hering, 1917)

Has basionym: Orneodes ectomesa Hering, 1917

= Species: Orneodes ectomesa Hering, 1917

Page reference: Hering, M. (1917), 190

= Species: Orneodes myriodesma Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 533 ↗

Is basionym for: Alucita myriodesma (Meyrick, 1929)

= Species (Subjective synonym; Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V., 2016): Alucita myriodesma (Meyrick, 1929)

Has basionym: Orneodes myriodesma Meyrick, 1929

= Species: Alucita extomesa Hering, 1917

Distribution:

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020)

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

Hering, M. (1917) Sieben neue Arten der Gattung Orneodes (Mikrolepid.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 78: 190–195. ↗

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Species: Alucita entoprocta (Hering, 1917)

Has basionym: Orneodes entoprocta Hering, 1917

= Species: Orneodes entoprocta Hering, 1917

Page reference: Hering, M. (1917), 193

Hering, M. (1917) Sieben neue Arten der Gattung Orneodes (Mikrolepid.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 78: 190–195. ↗

Species: Alucita erzayi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024

Page reference (sp. nov.): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2024), 34

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita escobari Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2018), 129

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita eteoxantha (Meyrick, 1929)

Has basionym: Orneodes eteoxantha Meyrick, 1929

= Species: Orneodes eteoxantha Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 533 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Species: Alucita eudactyla Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Page reference (Original illustration): Felder, R. & Rogenhofer, A.F. (1875), Plate CXL, Fig. 62 ↗

Felder, R. & Rogenhofer, A.F. (1875) Atlas der Heterocera. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857-1859 2(2): Zoology plate 140. ↗

Species: Alucita eudasys (Diakonoff, 1954)

Has basionym: Orneodes eudasys Diakonoff, 1954

= Species: Orneodes eudasys Diakonoff, 1954

Page reference: Diakonoff, A. (1954), 177

Diakonoff, A. (1954) Microlepidoptera of New Guinea : results of the third Archbold expedition : (American-Netherlands Indian expedition 1938-1939) : part IV. 196 pp. ↗

Species: Alucita eurynephela (Meyrick, 1929)

Has basionym: Orneodes eurynephela Meyrick, 1929

Has superfluous replacement (Misspelling): Alucita eurynephala (Meyrick, 1929)

= Species: Orneodes eurynephela Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 534 ↗

= Species: Alucita eurynephala (Meyrick, 1929)

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Species: Alucita euscripta Minet, 1976

Page reference: Minet, J. (1976), 41

Minet, J. (1976) Contribution à l'étude des Microlépidoptères de Madagascar [Sesiidae, Alucitidae]. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France 81: 40–43. ↗

Species: Alucita fako Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024

Page reference (sp. nov.): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2024), 30

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita ferruginea Walsingham, 1881

Page reference: Walsingham, T. de Grey (1881), 285

Walsingham, T. de Grey (1881) On the Tortricidae, Tineidae and Pterophoridae of South Africa. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1881: 219–285, Plate 13. ↗

Species: Alucita flavicincta (Walsingham, 1915)

Has basionym: Orneodes flavicincta Walsingham, 1915

= Species: Orneodes flavicincta Walsingham, 1915

Page reference (Original description): Walsingham, T. de Grey (1915), 450 ↗

Distribution:

Jamaica (Walsingham, T. de Grey 1915: St. Ann: Moneague; Runaway Bay)

Mexico (Walsingham, T. de Grey 1915: Tabasco: Teapa)

Walsingham, T. de Grey (1915) Biologia Centrali-Americana; or contribution to the knowledge of the flora and fauna of Mexico and Central America. (Zool.) Lepid.-Heterocera. ↗

Species: Alucita flaviserta (Meyrick, 1921)

Has basionym: Orneodes flaviserta Meyrick, 1921

= Species: Orneodes flaviserta Meyrick, 1921

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1921), 107

Distribution:

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

Meyrick, E. (1921) Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8: 49–148. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Species: Alucita flavofascia (Inoue, 1956)

Has basionym: Orneodes flavofascia Inoue, 1956

= Species: Orneodes flavofascia Inoue, 1956

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

Japan (Hirowatari, T., Nasu, Y., Sakamaki, Y. & Kishida, Y. 2013)

Hirowatari, T., Nasu, Y., Sakamaki, Y. & Kishida, Y. (2013) The Standard or Moths in Japan IV (日本産蛾類標準図鑑 IV). 1-553.

Inoue, H. (1956) Two new species of Pyralidoidea from Japan. 257-258.

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Species: Alucita fletcheriana (Ghesquière, 1940)

Has basionym: Orneodes fletcheriana Ghesquière, 1940

= Species: Orneodes fletcheriana Ghesquière, 1940

Page reference: Ghesquière, J. (1940), 37

Ghesquière, J. (1940) Lépidoptères Microlépidoptères (première partie). Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge. Zoologie 7: 1–120.

Species: Alucita fokami Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2018), 131

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita fumosa (Diakonoff, 1948)

Has basionym: Orneodes fumosa Diakonoff, 1948

= Species: Orneodes fumosa Diakonoff, 1948

Page reference: Diakonoff, A. (1948), 214

Diakonoff, A. (1948) Records and Descriptions of Microlepidoptera (2). 483-524.

Species: Alucita gardeniflora (Dai, 1990)

Page reference (comb. nov.): Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026), 110

comb. nov.

= Species (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V., 2026): Orneodes gardeniflora Dai, 1990

Page reference: Dai, M.X. & Gao, J.S. (1990), 310

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

Dai, M.X. & Gao, J.S. (1990) A new species of Alucitidae (Orneodidae). Journal of Sichuan Teach College 11 (4): 310-312.

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Species: Alucita grammodactyla Zeller, 1841

Page reference: Zeller, P.C. (1841), 869 ↗

= Species (Subjective synonym; Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V., 2017): Alucita araxella Zagulajev, 2000

Page reference: Zagulajev, A.K. (2000), 880

= Species: Orneodes grammodactyla (Zeller, 1841)

Distribution:

Denmark (Elmqvist, H. & Johansson, R. 2015)

Sweden (Elmqvist, H. & Johansson, R. 2015)

Elmqvist, H. & Johansson, R. (2015) Fjädermott i Norden-en fälthandbok.156 pp. Entomologiska föreningen i Stockholm. Stockholm.

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2017) To the first many-plumed moths fauna of Armenia (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). Ukrainian Journal of Ecology 7: 633–634.

Zagulajev, A.K. (2000) New species of the Multiplumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. XII. Entomological Review 79: 880–890.

Zeller, P.C. (1841) Vorläufer einer vollständigen Naturgeschichte den Pterophoriden, einer Nachtfalterfamilie. Isis von Oken 1841: 756–794, 827–891, Plate 4. ↗

Subspecies: Alucita grammodactyla poecilodactyla Alphéraky, 1876

Has basionym: Alucita grammodactyla var. poecilodactyla Alphéraky, 1876

= Variety: Alucita grammodactyla var. poecilodactyla Alphéraky, 1876

Page reference (Original description): Alphéraky, S. (1876), 225 ↗

Alphéraky, S. (1876) Cheshuekrylyya (Lepidoptera) okrestnostei Taganroga (Lepidoptera of the environs of Taganrog). Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva [= Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae] 8: 150–226. ↗

Species: Alucita habrophila (Meyrick, 1920)

Has basionym: Orneodes habrophila Meyrick, 1920

= Species: Orneodes habrophila Meyrick, 1920

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1920), 293

Distribution:

Ghana (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020)

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020)

South Africa (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020)

Meyrick, E. (1920) Descriptions of South African Micro-lepidoptera. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum 17: 273–318. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020) New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Liberia and Ghana (Western Africa). Ecologica Montenegrina 32: 26-31. ↗

Species: Alucita helena Ustjuzhanin, 1993

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. (1993), 83

Distribution:

Mongolia (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtnovich, V. & Yakovlev, R. 2016)

Ustjuzhanin, P. (1993) A new Alucitid moth species from Montane Altai and South-East Kazakhstan (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). Vestnik Zoologii 4: 83–85.

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtnovich, V. & Yakovlev, R. (2016) Alucitidae (Lepidoptera), a new family for the Mongolian fauna. Nota Lepidopterologica 39 (1): 61-66. ↗

Species: Alucita hemicyclus (Hering, 1917)

Has basionym: Orneodes hemicyclus Hering, 1917

= Species: Orneodes hemicyclus Hering, 1917

Hering, M. (1917) Sieben neue Arten der Gattung Orneodes (Mikrolepid.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 78: 190–195. ↗

Species: Alucita hendriki Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2021

Page reference (Original description): Kovtunovich, V., Ustjuzhanin, P., Streltzov, A.N. & Usjuzhanina, A.K. (2021), 124

Distribution:

South Africa (Kovtunovich, V., Ustjuzhanin, P., Streltzov, A.N. & Usjuzhanina, A.K. 2021)

Species: Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758

Page reference: Linnaeus, C. (1758), 542

Is type for (Type species by subsequent designation): Alucita Linnaeus, 1758

Is type for (Type species by original designation): Euchiradia Hübner, 1825

Is type for (Type species by subsequent designation): Orneodes Latreille, 1796

= Species (Subjective synonym): Alucita polydactyla Hübner, 1813

Page reference: Hübner, J. (1813), Pl. 6 Fig. 28

= Species (Subjective synonym): Alucita poecilodactyla Stephens, 1835

Page reference: Stephens, J.F. (1835), 379

= Species: Orneodes hexadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

= Species: Pterophorus hexadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution:

Denmark (Elmqvist, H. & Johansson, R. 2015)

Finland (Elmqvist, H. & Johansson, R. 2015)

Norway (Elmqvist, H. & Johansson, R. 2015)

Sweden (Elmqvist, H. & Johansson, R. 2015)

Elmqvist, H. & Johansson, R. (2015) Fjädermott i Norden-en fälthandbok.156 pp. Entomologiska föreningen i Stockholm. Stockholm.

Hübner, J. (1813) Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. ↗

Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. 1-824. ↗

Stephens, J.F. (1835) Illustrations of British entomology; or, a synopsis of indigenous Insects. containing their generic and specific distinctions. with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food and economy. ↗

Species: Alucita hirsuta Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024

Page reference (sp. nov.): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2024), 37

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita hofmanni (Pagenstecher, 1900)

Has basionym: Orneodes hofmanni Pagenstecher, 1900

= Species: Orneodes hofmanni Pagenstecher, 1900

Page reference: Pagenstecher, A. (1900), 242

Pagenstecher, A. (1900) Die Lepidopterenfauna des Bismarck-Archipels. Mit Berücksichtigung der thiergeographischen und biologischen Verhältnisse systematisch dargestellt. Zoologica, Stuttgart 12: 1–268, Pls. ↗

Species: Alucita homotrocha (Meyrick, 1921)

Has basionym: Orneodes homotrocha Meyrick, 1921

= Species: Orneodes homotrocha Meyrick, 1921

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1921), 108

Meyrick, E. (1921) Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8: 49–148. ↗

Species: Alucita huebneri Wallengren, 1859

Page reference: Wallengren, H.D.J. (1859), 24 ↗

= Form: Alucita huebneri f. cartereaui Jourdheuille, 1883

Page reference: Jourdheuille, C. (1883), 220

Is basionym for: Alucita cartereaui Jourdheuille, 1883

= Species (Subjective synonym): Alucita caucasica Zagulajev, 1986

Page reference: Zagulajev, A.K. (1986), 220

= Species (Subjective synonym): Alucita cartereaui Jourdheuille, 1883

Has basionym: Alucita huebneri f. cartereaui Jourdheuille, 1883

Jourdheuille, C. (1883) Catalogue des Lépidoptères de l'Aube. 5-229. ↗

Wallengren, H.D.J. (1859) Skandinaviens Fjädermott (Alucita, Lin.) Beskrifna af H.D.J. Wallengren. Till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 3: 1–25. ↗

Zagulajev, A.K. (1986) A guide to the insects of the European part of the USSR, Lepidoptera. Family Alucitidae. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR 43: 215–228.

Species: Alucita hypocosma (Meyrick, 1934)

Has basionym: Orneodes hypocosma Meyrick, 1934

= Species: Orneodes hypocosma Meyrick, 1934

Page reference: Caradja, A. & Meyrick, E. (1934), 28

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

Caradja, A. & Meyrick, E. (1934) Materialen zu einer Microlepidopteren-Fauna Kwan-tungs. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 48: 28–43.

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Species: Alucita iberica Scholz & Jäckh, 1994

Page reference: Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994), 44

Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994) Taxonomie und Verbreitung der westpaläarktischen Alucita-Arten (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae (Orneodidae)). Alexanor 18 Supplement: [3]–[64].

Species: Alucita idiocrossa (Meyrick, 1936)

Has basionym: Orneodes idiocrossa Meyrick, 1936

= Species: Orneodes idiocrossa Meyrick, 1936

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1934), 625 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1934) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4(15-20): 449-642. ↗

Species: Alucita illuminatrix (Meyrick, 1929)

Has basionym: Orneodes illuminatrix Meyrick, 1929

= Species: Orneodes illuminatrix Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 538

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 537 ↗

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Species: Alucita inflativora Gielis & Buszko, 2009

= Species (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Saldaitis, A. & Prozorov, A., 2025): Alucita tanzanica Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2018), 169

Distribution:

Tanzania (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Saldaitis, A. & Prozorov, A. 2025)

United Arab Emirates (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Saldaitis, A. & Prozorov, A. 2025)

Gieliz R. & Buszko, J. (2009) Order Lepidoptera, family Alucitidae. – In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE. 2: 458–462, figs 1–2, 3–6, 7–8, 9.

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2018) New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Tanzania. Zootaxa 4438: 167–175. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Saldaitis, A. & Prozorov, A. (2025) New data on many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) of the Arabian Peninsula. Zoology in the Middle East 71 (1): 58-62. ↗

Species: Alucita iranensis Scholz & Jäckh, 1994

Page reference: Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994), 34

Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994) Taxonomie und Verbreitung der westpaläarktischen Alucita-Arten (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae (Orneodidae)). Alexanor 18 Supplement: [3]–[64].

Species: Alucita iringiensis Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2018) New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Tanzania. Zootaxa 4438: 167–175. ↗

Species: Alucita ischalea (Meyrick, 1905)

Has basionym: Orneodes ischalea Meyrick, 1905

= Species: Orneodes ischalea Meyrick, 1905

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1905), 583

Meyrick, E. (1905) Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16: 580–619. ↗

Species: Alucita ithycypha (Meyrick, 1927)

Has basionym: Orneodes ithycypha Meyrick, 1927

= Species: Orneodes ithycypha Meyrick, 1927

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1927), 373 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1927) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(11-12): 321-384. ↗

Species: Alucita jana Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Delabye, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2020), 107-108

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita janeceki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2018), 133

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita japonica (Matsumura, 1931)

Has basionym: Orneodes japonica Matsumura, 1931

= Species: Orneodes japonica Matsumura, 1931

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

Japan (Hirowatari, T., Nasu, Y., Sakamaki, Y. & Kishida, Y. 2013)

Hirowatari, T., Nasu, Y., Sakamaki, Y. & Kishida, Y. (2013) The Standard or Moths in Japan IV (日本産蛾類標準図鑑 IV). 1-553.

Matsumura, S. (1931) 6000 illustrated Insects of Japan-Empire.

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Species: Alucita jujuyensis (Pastrana, 1954)

Has basionym: Orneodes jujuyensis Pastrana, 1954

= Species: Orneodes jujuyensis Pastrana, 1954

Page reference: Pastrana, J.A. (1954), 491

Pastrana, J.A. (1954) Dos nuevos Orneódidos sudamericanos. Physis. Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales 20: 487–493.

Species: Alucita karadagica Zagulajev, 2000

Zagulajev, A.K. (2000) New species of the Multiplumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. XII. Entomological Review 79: 880–890.

Species: Alucita katanga Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020

Page reference (Original description): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020), 202

Distribution:

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020)

Species: Alucita kazachstanica Gielis, 2003

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2003), 112

Replaces (Replacement for junior homonym): Alucita montana Zagulajev, 1993

= Species: Alucita montana Zagulajev, 1993

Is later homonym of (Later homonym): Alucita montana Barnes & Lindsey, 1921

Gielis, C. (2003) World Catalogue of Insects Volume 4, Pterophoroidea and Alucitoidea (Lepidoptera). World Catalogue of Insects 4: 1-198.

Species: Alucita kehmiini Buchsbaum & Chen, 2025

Page reference: Buchsbaum, U., Chen, M.Y., Hsu, L.P. & Chen, D.J. (2025), 251

Distribution:

China (Buchsbaum, U., Chen, M.Y., Hsu, L.P. & Chen, D.J. 2025)

Buchsbaum, U., Chen, M.Y., Hsu, L.P. & Chen, D.J. (2025) A new species of Alucitidae from Lanyu Island, Taiwan. Spixiana 47 (2): 251-258.

Species: Alucita klimeschi Scholz, 1997

Scholz, A. (1997) Zwei neue paläarktische Alucita-Arten (Lepidoptera Alucitidae). Alexanor 20: 51–58.

Species: Alucita kosterini Ustjuzhanin, 1999

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. (1999), 5

Ustjuzhanin, P. (1999) New and little-known Palaearctic Species of Alucitidae (Lepidoptera). Far Eastern Entomologist 68: 1–7. ↗

Subspecies: Alucita kosterini shachristanella Korb, 2013

Korb, S.K. (2013) A new subspecies of Alucita kosterini Ustjuzhanin, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from the Turkestansky mountain ridge, Tajikistan. Entomologist's Gazette 64: 55–60.

Species: Alucita lackneri Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 20

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Nipsan district)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita lalannei Landry & Landry, 2004

Page reference: Landry, B. & Landry, J.-F. (2004), 568-577

Landry, B. & Landry, J.-F. (2004) The genus Alucita in North America, with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae). The Canadian Entomologist 136: 553–579. ↗

Species: Alucita libraria (Meyrick, 1911)

Has basionym: Orneodes libraria Meyrick, 1911

= Species: Orneodes libraria Meyrick, 1911

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1911), 221 ↗

Distribution:

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

Meyrick, E. (1911) Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera II. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2: 218–240. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Species: Alucita lidiya Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2018), 126

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita longipalpella (Caradja, 1939)

Has basionym: Orneodes longipalpella Caradja, 1939

= Species: Orneodes longipalpella Caradja, 1939

Page reference (Original description): Caradja, A. (1939), 24

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

Caradja, A. (1939) Materialen zu einer Mikrolepidopterenfauna des Yangstetales bei Batang. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 53: 15-26. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Species: Alucita longipenis Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita ludmila Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2018), 127

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita lyristis (Meyrick, 1911)

Has basionym: Orneodes lyristis Meyrick, 1911

= Species: Orneodes lyristis Meyrick, 1911

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1911), 107

Meyrick, E. (1911) Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 21: 104–131. ↗

Species: Alucita mabilabolensis Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 21

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Oksibil district)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita magadis (Meyrick, 1908)

Has basionym: Orneodes magadis Meyrick, 1908

= Species: Orneodes magadis Meyrick, 1908

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1908), 510

Meyrick, E. (1908) XXVII. Notes and Descriptions of Pterophoridae and Orneodidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 471–511. [1907]. ↗

Species: Alucita major (Rebel, 1905)

Page reference (Recognition as species): Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994), 42

Has basionym: Orneodes desmodactyla var. major Rebel, 1905

= Variety: Orneodes desmodactyla var. major Rebel, 1905

Page reference (Original description): Rebel, H. (1905), 210 ↗

Rebel, H. (1905) Lepidopteren. Annalen des K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 20: 189-219. ↗

Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994) Taxonomie und Verbreitung der westpaläarktischen Alucita-Arten (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae (Orneodidae)). Alexanor 18 Supplement: [3]–[64].

Species: Alucita malawica Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016

= Species (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Prozorov A., 2024): Alucita meloui Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N. (2016), 1115

= Species (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Prozorov A., 2024): Alucita priona Bippus, 2020

Page reference (Original description): Bippus, M. (2020), 73

Page reference (Photographs: adult, larva, male and female genitalia): Bippus, M. (2020), 72

Distribution:

Ethiopia (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Prozorov A. 2024)

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

Reunion (Bippus, M. 2020: (As Alucita priona) Réunion, La Possession)

Species interactions:

Feeds on (Bippus, M. 2020: (As Alucita priona) Host plant is an introduced species in Réunion): Barleria prionitis L. (Lamiales: Acanthaceae) ↗

Bippus, M. (2020) Records of Lepidoptera from the Malagasy region with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Noctuidae, Alucitidae, Choreutidae, Euteliidae, Gelechiidae, Blastobasidae, Pterophoridae, Tonzidae, Tineidae, Praydidae, Cosmopterigidae, Batrachedridae). Phelsuma 28 (2020): 60-100. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Prozorov A. (2024) Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) – a new family for the fauna of Ethiopia. Ecologica Montenegrina 71: 1-4. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N. (2016) Two new species of the many-plumed moth genus Alucita Linnaeus (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Madagascar. Entomological Review 96: 1115–1118. ↗

Species: Alucita manneringi Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 21

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Abenaho district)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita maxima (Turati, 1924)

Has basionym: Orneodes maxima Turati, 1924

= Species: Orneodes maxima Turati, 1924

Page reference: Turati, E. (1924), 151

Turati, E. (1924) Spedizione Lepidotterologica in Cirenaica 1921-1922. Atti della Società italiana di scienze naturali e del Museo civico di storia naturale di Milano 63: 21–191.

Species: Alucita mayri Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Saldaitis, 2025

Page reference (sp. n.): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Saldaitis, A. & Prozorov, A. (2025), 60

Distribution:

Saudi Arabia (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Saldaitis, A. & Prozorov, A. 2025)

Species: Alucita megaphimus (Hering, 1917)

Has basionym: Orneodes megaphimus Hering, 1917

= Species: Orneodes megaphimus Hering, 1917

Page reference: Hering, M. (1917), 191

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Hering, M. (1917) Sieben neue Arten der Gattung Orneodes (Mikrolepid.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 78: 190–195. ↗

Species: Alucita melanodactyla Legrand, 1965

Page reference (Original description): Legrand, H. (1965), 52

Legrand, H. (1965) Lépidoptères des îles Seychelles et d'Aldabra. Mém. Mus. Nat. Hist. (A) 37: 1-210.

Species: Alucita mesolychna (Meyrick, 1908)

Has basionym: Orneodes mesolychna Meyrick, 1908

= Species: Orneodes mesolychna Meyrick, 1908

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1908), 508

Meyrick, E. (1908) XXVII. Notes and Descriptions of Pterophoridae and Orneodidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 471–511. [1907]. ↗

Species: Alucita microdesma (Meyrick, 1929)

Has basionym: Orneodes microdesma Meyrick, 1929

= Species: Orneodes microdesma Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 534 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Species: Alucita micrographa (Diakonoff, 1954)

Has basionym: Orneodes micrographa Diakonoff, 1954

= Species: Orneodes micrographa Diakonoff, 1954

Page reference: Diakonoff, A. (1954), 181

Diakonoff, A. (1954) Microlepidoptera of New Guinea : results of the third Archbold expedition : (American-Netherlands Indian expedition 1938-1939) : part IV. 196 pp. ↗

Species: Alucita microscopica (Fletcher, 1910)

Has basionym: Orneodes microscopica Fletcher, 1910

= Species: Orneodes microscopica Fletcher, 1910

Page reference (Original description): Fletcher, T.B. (1909), 162 ↗

Page reference (Illustration): Fletcher, T.B. (1909), Fig. 6 ↗

Fletcher, T.B. (1909) The plume-moths of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 6: 1-39: 5 pl. ↗

Species: Alucita mischenini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2018), 130

Has superfluous replacement (Misspelling): Alucita mishenini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

= Species: Alucita mishenini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

Page reference (Misspelling): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020), 30

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020)

Liberia (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020)

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020) New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Liberia and Ghana (Western Africa). Ecologica Montenegrina 32: 26-31. ↗

Species: Alucita molliflua (Meyrick, 1927)

Has basionym: Orneodes molliflua Meyrick, 1927

= Species: Orneodes molliflua Meyrick, 1927

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1927), 373 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1927) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(11-12): 321-384. ↗

Species: Alucita montana Barnes & Lindsey, 1921

Page reference: Landry, B. & Landry, J.-F. (2004), 555-561

Has later homonym (Later homonym): Alucita montana Zagulajev, 1993

= Species (Subjective synonym): Alucita montana Cockerell, 1889

Cockerell, T.D.A. (1889) Alucita hexadactyla L. in Colorado. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 25: 213–214. ↗

Gielis, C. (2003) World Catalogue of Insects Volume 4, Pterophoroidea and Alucitoidea (Lepidoptera). World Catalogue of Insects 4: 1-198.

Landry, B. & Landry, J.-F. (2004) The genus Alucita in North America, with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae). The Canadian Entomologist 136: 553–579. ↗

Species: Alucita montigena (Fletcher, 1910)

Has basionym: Orneodes montigena Fletcher, 1910

= Species: Orneodes montigena Fletcher, 1910

Page reference (Original description): Fletcher, T.B. (1909), 159 ↗

Page reference (Illustration): Fletcher, T.B. (1909), Plate G, fig. 2 ↗

Fletcher, T.B. (1909) The plume-moths of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 6: 1-39: 5 pl. ↗

Species: Alucita mulciber (Meyrick, 1932)

Has basionym: Orneodes mulciber Meyrick, 1932

= Species: Orneodes mulciber Meyrick, 1932

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1932), 333 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1932) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4(7-11): 193-352. ↗

Species: Alucita murphy Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016

Distribution:

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Species: Alucita murzini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016

Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N. (2016) Two new species of the many-plumed moth genus Alucita Linnaeus (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from Madagascar. Entomological Review 96: 1115–1118. ↗

Species: Alucita nannodactyla (Rebel, 1907)

Has basionym: Orneodes nannodactyla Rebel, 1907

= Species: Orneodes nannodactyla Rebel, 1907

Page reference (Original description): Rebel, H. (1907), 117

Rebel, H. (1907) Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften nach Südarabien und Sokótra im Jahre 1898/99, Lepidopteren. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften 71(2): 31-130. ↗

Species: Alucita nasuta Zeller, 1877

Page reference (Original description): Zeller, P.C. (1877), 486 ↗

Page reference (Paintings, head and wing pattern): Zeller, P.C. (1877), Table VI, Figs. 172a,b ↗

Page reference (Material from Mexico): Walsingham, T. de Grey (1915), 450 ↗

= Species (Walsingham, T. de Grey, 1915): Orneodes nasuta (Zeller, 1877)

Page reference (New combination): Walsingham, T. de Grey (1915), 450 ↗

Distribution:

Colombia (Zeller, P.C. 1877: Ubaque)

Mexico (Walsingham, T. de Grey 1915: Guerrero: Amula, 6000 ft.)

Walsingham, T. de Grey (1915) Biologia Centrali-Americana; or contribution to the knowledge of the flora and fauna of Mexico and Central America. (Zool.) Lepid.-Heterocera. ↗

Zeller, P.C. (1877) Exotische Microlepidoptera. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae Variis Sermonibus in Rossia Usitatis ed 13: 3–493. ↗

Species: Alucita nephelotoxa (Meyrick, 1908)

Has basionym: Orneodes nephelotoxa Meyrick, 1908

= Species: Orneodes nephelotoxa Meyrick, 1908

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1908), 505

Meyrick, E. (1908) XXVII. Notes and Descriptions of Pterophoridae and Orneodidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 471–511. [1907]. ↗

Species: Alucita niphadosema (Diakonoff, 1954)

Has basionym: Orneodes niphadosema Diakonoff, 1954

= Species: Orneodes niphadosema Diakonoff, 1954

Page reference: Diakonoff, A. (1954), 182

= Species: Alucita niphodosema (Diakonoff, 1954)

Has basionym: Orneodes niphodosema Diakonoff, 1954

= Species: Orneodes niphodosema Diakonoff, 1954

Is basionym for: Alucita niphodosema (Diakonoff, 1954)

Diakonoff, A. (1954) Microlepidoptera of New Guinea : results of the third Archbold expedition : (American-Netherlands Indian expedition 1938-1939) : part IV. 196 pp. ↗

Species: Alucita niphostrota (Meyrick, 1908)

Has basionym: Orneodes niphostrota Meyrick, 1908

= Species: Orneodes niphostrota Meyrick, 1908

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1908), 507

Meyrick, E. (1908) XXVII. Notes and Descriptions of Pterophoridae and Orneodidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 471–511. [1907]. ↗

Species: Alucita nipsana Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 22

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Nipsan region)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita nubifera (Meyrick, 1921)

Has basionym: Orneodes nubifera Meyrick, 1921

= Species: Orneodes nubifera Meyrick, 1921

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1921), 408 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1921) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2(13-15): 385-480. ↗

Species: Alucita nyasa Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016

Distribution:

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Species: Alucita objurgatella (Walsingham, 1907)

Has basionym: Orneodes objurgatella Walsingham, 1907

= Species (Zimmerman synonymised O. angustestriata with O. objurgatella (both of which Walsingham described on the same page) on the grounds that the preserved material for objurgatella was more complete. Zimmerman, http://hdl.handle.net/10125/7337, p. 413): Orneodes angustestriata Walsingham, 1907

Page reference (Original description): Walsingham, T. de Grey (1907), 477 ↗

Page reference (Synonymisation with Orneodes objurgatella): Zimmerman, E.C. (1958), 413

Is basionym for: Alucita angustestriata (Walsingham, 1907)

= Species (Subjective synonym): Alucita angustestriata (Walsingham, 1907)

Page reference: Walsingham, T. de Grey (1907), 477

Has basionym: Orneodes angustestriata Walsingham, 1907

= Species: Orneodes objurgatella Walsingham, 1907

Page reference (Original description): Walsingham, T. de Grey (1907), 477 ↗

Walsingham, T. de Grey (1907) Microlepidoptera. Fauna Hawaiiensis, or the Zoology of the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isles 1(5): 469--751. ↗

Zimmerman, E.C. (1958) Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. Insects of Hawaii 8: 1-456. ↗

Species: Alucita ochraspis (Meyrick, 1929)

Has basionym: Orneodes ochraspis Meyrick, 1929

= Species: Orneodes ochraspis Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 535 ↗

= Species: Alucita cohraspis Meyrick, 1929

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Species: Alucita ochriprota (Hering, 1917)

Has basionym: Orneodes ochriprota Hering, 1917

= Species: Orneodes ochriprota Hering, 1917

Page reference: Hering, M. (1917), 194 ↗

Distribution:

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

South Africa (Hering, M. 1917)

Hering, M. (1917) Sieben neue Arten der Gattung Orneodes (Mikrolepid.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 78: 190–195. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Species: Alucita ochrobasalis van Mastrigt & Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Mastrigt, H.J.G. Van & Gielis, C. (2009), 35

Mastrigt, H.J.G. Van & Gielis, C. (2009) Some important notes on Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Papua, Indonesia, with description of a new species. Suara Serangga Papua 4: 34–39. ↗

Species: Alucita ochrozona (Meyrick, 1907)

Has basionym: Orneodes ochrozona Meyrick, 1907

= Species: Orneodes ochrozona Meyrick, 1907

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1907), 730

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

Meyrick, E. (1907) Descriptions of Indian Micro-lepidoptera. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17: 730–754. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Species: Alucita olga Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2018), 135

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita ordubadi Zagulajev, 2000

Page reference: Zagulajev, A.K. (2000), 888

Zagulajev, A.K. (2000) New species of the Multiplumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. XII. Entomological Review 79: 880–890.

Species: Alucita palodactyla Zeller, 1847

= Species (Subjective synonym): Alucita perittodactyla Staudinger, 1859

Page reference (Original description): Staudinger, O. (1859), 259 ↗

= Species: Orneodes parthenodactyla Chrétien, 1915

Page reference: Chrétien, P. (1915), 296

Is basionym for: Alucita parthenodactyla (Chrétien, 1915)

= Species: Alucita parthanodactyla (Chrétien, 1915)

Has basionym: Orneodes parthanodactyla Chrétien, 1915

= Species: Orneodes parthanodactyla Chrétien, 1915

Is basionym for: Alucita parthanodactyla (Chrétien, 1915)

= Species (Subjective synonym): Alucita parthenodactyla (Chrétien, 1915)

Has basionym: Orneodes parthenodactyla Chrétien, 1915

Chrétien, P. (1915) Contribution a la connaissance des Lepidopteres. Annales de la Société entomologique de France 84: 289–374. ↗

Staudinger, O. (1859) Diagnosen nebst kurzer Beschreibungen neuer andalusischer Lepidopteren. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 20: 211-259. ↗

Species: Alucita panduris (Meyrick, 1911)

Has basionym: Orneodes panduris Meyrick, 1911

= Species: Orneodes panduris Meyrick, 1911

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1911), 106

Meyrick, E. (1911) Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 21: 104–131. ↗

Species: Alucita panolbia (Walsingham, 1915)

Has basionym: Orneodes panolbia Walsingham, 1915

= Species: Orneodes panolbia Walsingham, 1915

Page reference (Original description): Walsingham, T. de Grey (1915), 451 ↗

Distribution:

Guatemala (Walsingham, T. de Grey 1915: Retalhuleu: Las Mercedes, 3000 ft.)

Walsingham, T. de Grey (1915) Biologia Centrali-Americana; or contribution to the knowledge of the flora and fauna of Mexico and Central America. (Zool.) Lepid.-Heterocera. ↗

Species: Alucita papuaensis Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 23

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Abenaho district)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita patria (Meyrick, 1921)

Has basionym: Orneodes patria Meyrick, 1921

= Species: Orneodes patria Meyrick, 1921

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1921), 408 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1921) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2(13-15): 385-480. ↗

Species: Alucita pectinata Scholz & Jäckh, 1994

Page reference: Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994), 52

Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994) Taxonomie und Verbreitung der westpaläarktischen Alucita-Arten (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae (Orneodidae)). Alexanor 18 Supplement: [3]–[64].

Species: Alucita pepperella Whalley, 1962

Page reference (Original description): Whalley, P.E.S. (1962), 119

Whalley, P.E.S. (1962) The Natural history of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands. 4: 119-120: plates.

Species: Alucita phanerarcha (Meyrick, 1924)

Has basionym: Orneodes phanerarcha Meyrick, 1924

= Species: Orneodes phanerarcha Meyrick, 1924

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1924), 96 ↗

Distribution:

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

Meyrick, E. (1924) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(3-4): 65-128. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Species: Alucita philomela (Meyrick, 1937)

Has basionym: Orneodes philomela Meyrick, 1937

= Species: Orneodes philomela Meyrick, 1937

Page reference (Original description): Caradja, A. & Meyrick, E. (1937), 170

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

Caradja, A. & Meyrick, E. (1937) Materialien zu einer Mikrolepidopterenfauna des Yuelingshanmassivs (Provinz Yuennan). Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 51: 137-182.

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Species: Alucita photaula (Meyrick, 1918)

Has basionym: Orneodes photaula Meyrick, 1918

= Species: Orneodes photaula Meyrick, 1918

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1918), 55

Distribution:

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

Meyrick, E. (1918) Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6: 1–59. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Species: Alucita phricodes Meyrick, 1886

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1886), 20

Meyrick, E. (1886) On the classification of the Pterophoridae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1886: 1–21. ↗

Species: Alucita pinalea (Meyrick, 1908)

Has basionym: Orneodes pinalea Meyrick, 1908

= Species: Orneodes pinalea Meyrick, 1908

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1908), 506

Meyrick, E. (1908) XXVII. Notes and Descriptions of Pterophoridae and Orneodidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 471–511. [1907]. ↗

Species: Alucita pliginskii Zagulajev, 2000

Page reference: Zagulajev, A.K. (2000), 885

Zagulajev, A.K. (2000) New species of the Multiplumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring countries. XII. Entomological Review 79: 880–890.

Species: Alucita plumigera (Strand, 1913)

Has basionym: Orneodes plumigera Strand, 1913

= Species: Orneodes plumigera Strand, 1913

Page reference: Strand, E. (1913), 63

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Equatorial Guinea (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Strand, E. (1913) Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch-Guinea. Lepidoptera. IV. Archiv für Natureschichte (A) 78: 30–84. ↗

Species: Alucita pluvialis (Meyrick, 1908)

Has basionym: Orneodes pluvialis Meyrick, 1908

= Species: Orneodes pluvialis Meyrick, 1908

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1908), 505

Meyrick, E. (1908) XXVII. Notes and Descriptions of Pterophoridae and Orneodidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 471–511. [1907]. ↗

Species: Alucita postfasciata (Fletcher, 1910)

Page reference (Original description): Fletcher, T.B. (1909), 162 ↗

Page reference (Illustration): Fletcher, T.B. (1909), Plate G, fig. 6 ↗

Has basionym: Orneodes postfasciata Fletcher, 1910

= Species: Orneodes postfasciata Fletcher, 1910

Fletcher, T.B. (1909) The plume-moths of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 6: 1-39: 5 pl. ↗

Species: Alucita potockyi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024

Page reference (sp. nov.): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2024), 38

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita proseni (Pastrana, 1951)

Has basionym: Orneodes proseni Pastrana, 1951

= Species: Orneodes proseni Pastrana, 1951

Page reference: Pastrana, J.A. (1951), 117

Pastrana, J.A. (1951) Dos nuevas especies de Orneodidae de la Argentia y Paraguay (Lep.). Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina 152: 116–126. ↗

Species: Alucita pselioxantha (Meyrick, 1929)

Has basionym: Orneodes pselioxantha Meyrick, 1929

= Species: Orneodes pselioxantha Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929 (dated 31 December 1928)), 502

Meyrick, E. (1929 (dated 31 December 1928)) The Micro-Lepidoptera of the St. George Expedition. Trans. ent. Soc. London 76: 489-521.

Species: Alucita pseudohuebneri Scholz, 1997

Scholz, A. (1997) Zwei neue paläarktische Alucita-Arten (Lepidoptera Alucitidae). Alexanor 20: 51–58.

Species: Alucita pterochroma (Clarke, 1986)

Has basionym: Orneodes pterochroma Clarke, 1986

= Species: Orneodes pterochroma Clarke, 1986

Page reference (Original description): Clarke, J.F.G. (1986), 166

Page reference (Male genitalia): Clarke, J.F.G. (1986), 167

Page reference (Illustration (Fig. 294a)): Clarke, J.F.G. (1986), 445

Distribution:

French Polynesia (Clarke, J.F.G. 1986: Hiva Oa)

Clarke, J.F.G. (1986) Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 1–485. ↗

Species: Alucita punctiferella Walker, 1866

Page reference (Original description): Walker, F.A. (1866), 1846 ↗

Is basionym for: Orneodes punctiferella (Walker, 1866)

= Species (Walsingham, T. de Grey, 1915): Orneodes punctiferella (Walker, 1866)

Page reference (New combination): Walsingham, T. de Grey (1915), 449 ↗

Distribution:

Honduras (Walker, F.A. 1866)

Walker, F.A. (1866) List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, part XXXV. Supplement, part 5. ↗

Walsingham, T. de Grey (1915) Biologia Centrali-Americana; or contribution to the knowledge of the flora and fauna of Mexico and Central America. (Zool.) Lepid.-Heterocera. ↗

Species: Alucita pusilla Hashimoto, 1984

Distribution:

Japan (Hirowatari, T., Nasu, Y., Sakamaki, Y. & Kishida, Y. 2013)

Hashimoto, S. (1984) The genus Alucita of Japan. Tyô to Ga 34: 111-123. ↗

Hirowatari, T., Nasu, Y., Sakamaki, Y. & Kishida, Y. (2013) The Standard or Moths in Japan IV (日本産蛾類標準図鑑 IV). 1-553.

Species: Alucita pygmaea Meyrick, 1890

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1890), 1112

Meyrick, E. (1890) Descriptions of additional Australian Pyralidina. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4: 1105–1116. ↗

Species: Alucita pyrczi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024

Page reference (sp. nov.): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2024), 27

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita rhaptica (Meyrick, 1920)

Has basionym: Orneodes rhaptica Meyrick, 1920

= Species: Orneodes rhaptica Meyrick, 1920

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1920), 82

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

South Africa (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Tanzania (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Meyrick, E. (1920) Insectes Lépidoptères. II: Microlepidoptera. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique orientale (1911-1912). Résultats scientifiques. 10: 39-120. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Species: Alucita rhymotoma (Meyrick, 1921)

Has basionym: Orneodes rhymotoma Meyrick, 1921

= Species: Orneodes rhymotoma Meyrick, 1921

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1921), 408 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1921) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2(13-15): 385-480. ↗

Species: Alucita riggii (Orfila, 1949)

Has basionym: Orneodes riggii Orfila, 1949

= Species: Orneodes riggii Orfila, 1949

Page reference (Original description): Orfila, R.N. (1949), 4

Orfila, R.N. (1949) Orneodes riggii sp. nov. Comunicaciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia e Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales (Argentina). Zoologia 1: 1-8: 1 plate.

Species: Alucita romieuxi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020

Page reference (Original description): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020), 202

Distribution:

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020)

Species: Alucita ruens (Meyrick, 1929)

Has basionym: Orneodes ruens Meyrick, 1929

= Species: Orneodes ruens Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 538 ↗

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Species: Alucita rutteni Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 23

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Nipsan district)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita safi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020

Page reference (Original description): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020), 28

Distribution:

Ghana (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020)

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020) New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Liberia and Ghana (Western Africa). Ecologica Montenegrina 32: 26-31. ↗

Species: Alucita sailtavica Zagulajev, 1993

Zagulajev, A.K. (1993) New and little known species of alucits and incurvariid moths from North Caucasus and Zailijskiy Alatau. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 251: 3-16.

Species: Alucita sedlaceki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024

Page reference (sp. nov.): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2024), 32

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita semophantis (Meyrick, 1929)

Has basionym: Orneodes semophantis Meyrick, 1929

= Species: Orneodes semophantis Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 538 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Species: Alucita sertifera (Meyrick, 1921)

Has basionym: Orneodes sertifera Meyrick, 1921

= Species: Orneodes sertifera Meyrick, 1921

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1921), 406 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1921) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2(13-15): 385-480. ↗

Species: Alucita seychellensis (Fletcher, 1910)

Has basionym: Orneodes seychellensis Fletcher, 1910

= Species: Orneodes seychellensis Fletcher, 1910

Page reference: Fletcher, T.B. (1910), 397

= Species: Orneodes granata Meyrick, 1921

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1921), 108

Is basionym for: Alucita granata (Meyrick, 1921)

= Species: Orneodes imbrifera Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 538 ↗

Is basionym for: Alucita imbrifera (Meyrick, 1929)

= Species: Orneodes loxoschista Meyrick, 1931

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1931), 86 ↗

Is basionym for: Alucita loxoschista (Meyrick, 1931)

= Species (Subjective synonym; Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V., 2016): Alucita imbrifera (Meyrick, 1929)

Has basionym: Orneodes imbrifera Meyrick, 1929

= Species (Subjective synonym; Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V., 2017): Alucita loxoschista (Meyrick, 1931)

Has basionym: Orneodes loxoschista Meyrick, 1931

Distribution:

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

Fletcher, T.B. (1910) The Orneodidae and Pterophoridae of the Seychelles Expedition. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series, Zoology 13: 397–403. ↗

Meyrick, E. (1921) Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8: 49–148. ↗

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Meyrick, E. (1931) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4(2-6): 33-192. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2017) Many-plumed moths of the republic of South Africa (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). Ukrainian Journal of Ecology 7: 640–643. ↗

Species: Alucita sikkima Moore, 1887

Page reference: Hewitson, W.C. & Moore, F. (1888), 282

Distribution:

Bhutan (Gielis, C., Franssen, M., Groenen, F. & Wangdi, K. 2022)

Gielis, C., Franssen, M., Groenen, F. & Wangdi, K. (2022) Moths of Bhutan. 1-420.

Hewitson, W.C. & Moore, F. (1888) Descriptions of new Indian lepidopterous insects from the collection of the late Mr. W.S. Atkinson. ↗

Species: Alucita snezhinka Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2018) New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Tanzania. Zootaxa 4438: 167–175. ↗

Species: Alucita sochivkoi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016

Distribution:

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Species: Alucita sokolovi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024

Page reference (sp. nov.): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2024), 36

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita spicifera (Meyrick, 1911)

Has basionym: Orneodes spicifera Meyrick, 1911

= Species: Orneodes spicifera Meyrick, 1911

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1911), 221

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1911), 221 ↗

= Species: Orneodes isodina Meyrick, 1920

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1920), 83 ↗

Is basionym for: Alucita isodina (Meyrick, 1920)

= Species (Subjective synonym; Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V., 2016): Alucita isodina (Meyrick, 1920)

Has basionym: Orneodes isodina Meyrick, 1920

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

Meyrick, E. (1911) Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera II. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2: 218–240. ↗

Meyrick, E. (1920) Insectes Lépidoptères. II: Microlepidoptera. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique orientale (1911-1912). Résultats scientifiques. 10: 39-120. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Species: Alucita sroczki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024

Page reference (sp. nov.): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2024), 28

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita stephanopis (Meyrick, 1921)

Has basionym: Orneodes stephanopis Meyrick, 1921

Has superfluous replacement (Misspelling): Alucita stephanopsis (Meyrick, 1921)

= Species: Orneodes stephanopis Meyrick, 1921

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1921), 407 ↗

= Species (Misspelling for Alucita stephanopis in LepIndex): Alucita stephanopsis (Meyrick, 1921)

Page reference (Misspelling for Alucita stephanopis in LepIndex): Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A. & Lyal, C. (Editors) (2018), 189

Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A. & Lyal, C. (Editors) (2018) The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). Web database. ↗

Meyrick, E. (1921) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2(13-15): 385-480. ↗

Species: Alucita straminea Hashimoto, 1984

Page reference (Original description): Hashimoto, S. (1984), 119

Distribution:

Japan (Hirowatari, T., Nasu, Y., Sakamaki, Y. & Kishida, Y. 2013)

Hashimoto, S. (1984) The genus Alucita of Japan. Tyô to Ga 34: 111-123. ↗

Hirowatari, T., Nasu, Y., Sakamaki, Y. & Kishida, Y. (2013) The Standard or Moths in Japan IV (日本産蛾類標準図鑑 IV). 1-553.

Species: Alucita sycophanta (Meyrick, 1906)

Has basionym: Orneodes sycophanta Meyrick, 1906

= Species: Orneodes sycophanta Meyrick, 1906

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1906), 133 ↗

Page reference (Misspelling): Gielis, C. (2003), 116

= Species: Alucita syncophanta (Meyrick, 1906)

Gielis, C. (2003) World Catalogue of Insects Volume 4, Pterophoroidea and Alucitoidea (Lepidoptera). World Catalogue of Insects 4: 1-198.

Meyrick, E. (1906) Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. II. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17: 133–153. ↗

Species: Alucita tandilensis (Pastrana, 1960)

Has basionym: Orneodes tandilensis Pastrana, 1960

= Species: Orneodes tandilensis Pastrana, 1960

Page reference: Pastrana, J.A. (1960), 85

Pastrana, J.A. (1960) Nuevos Orneodidae (Lep.) neotropicales. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 22: 85–91. [1959]. ↗

Species: Alucita tatjana Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Delabye, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2020), 110-111

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita tesserata (Meyrick, 1918)

Has basionym: Orneodes tesserata Meyrick, 1918

= Species: Orneodes tesserata Meyrick, 1918

= Species (Subjective synonym; Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V., 2017): Alucita brachyzona (Meyrick, 1920)

Has basionym: Orneodes brachyzona Meyrick, 1920

= Species: Orneodes brachyzona Meyrick, 1920

Is basionym for: Alucita brachyzona (Meyrick, 1920)

Distribution:

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020)

Malawi (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2016)

Meyrick, E. (1918) Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6: 1–59. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) The Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Malawi with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 4126(4): 533-547. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2017) Many-plumed moths of the republic of South Africa (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). Ukrainian Journal of Ecology 7: 640–643. ↗

Species: Alucita thapsina (Meyrick, 1905)

Has basionym: Orneodes thapsina Meyrick, 1905

= Species: Orneodes thapsina Meyrick, 1905

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1905), 583

Meyrick, E. (1905) Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. The journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16: 580–619. ↗

Species: Alucita tonda Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024

Page reference (sp. nov.): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2024), 33

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita trachydesma (Meyrick, 1929)

Has basionym: Orneodes trachydesma Meyrick, 1929

= Species: Orneodes trachydesma Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 534 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Species: Alucita trachyptera (Meyrick, 1906)

Has basionym: Orneodes trachyptera Meyrick, 1906

= Species: Orneodes trachyptera Meyrick, 1906

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1906), 134

Meyrick, E. (1906) Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. II. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17: 133–153. ↗

Species: Alucita tricausta (Meyrick, 1908)

Has basionym: Orneodes tricausta Meyrick, 1908

= Species: Orneodes tricausta Meyrick, 1908

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1908), 506

= Species: Alucita triscausta Meyrick, 1908

Meyrick, E. (1908) XXVII. Notes and Descriptions of Pterophoridae and Orneodidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 471–511. [1907]. ↗

Species: Alucita tridentata Scholz & Jäckh, 1994

Page reference: Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994), 24

Scholz, A. & Jäckh, E. (1994) Taxonomie und Verbreitung der westpaläarktischen Alucita-Arten (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae (Orneodidae)). Alexanor 18 Supplement: [3]–[64].

Species: Alucita tropeki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020

Page reference (Original description): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020), 27

Distribution:

Liberia (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020)

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020) New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Liberia and Ghana (Western Africa). Ecologica Montenegrina 32: 26-31. ↗

Species: Alucita udovichenkoi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2019

Page reference (Original description): Kovtunovich, V., Ustjuzhanin, P. & Streltsov, A. (2019), 2

Distribution:

South Africa (Mpumalanga) (Kovtunovich, V., Ustjuzhanin, P. & Streltsov, A. 2019)

Kovtunovich, V., Ustjuzhanin, P. & Streltsov, A. (2019) New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from the Republic of South Africa. Ecologica Montenegrina 26: 1-3. ↗

Species: Alucita vanmastrigti Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 23

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Borme region)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita walmakensis Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 24

= Species: Alucita walmakiensis Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 24

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Nipsan and Abenaho districts)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita wamenaensis Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 24

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Baliem Valley)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita withaari Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 24

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Mamberamo Tengah)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita xanthodes Meyrick, 1890

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1890), 1112

Meyrick, E. (1890) Descriptions of additional Australian Pyralidina. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4: 1105–1116. ↗

Species: Alucita xanthosticta (Turner, 1923)

Has basionym: Orneodes xanthosticta Turner, 1923

= Species: Orneodes xanthosticta Turner, 1923

Page reference: Turner, A.J. (1923), 58

Turner, A.J. (1923) Art. VI. New Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. 58-81. ↗

Species: Alucita xanthozona (Clarke, 1986)

Is later homonym of (No replacement name at present): Orneodes xanthozona Diakonoff, 1954

Has basionym: Orneodes xanthozona Clarke, 1986

Homonym

= Species: Orneodes xanthozona Clarke, 1986

Page reference (Original description): Clarke, J.F.G. (1986), 167

Page reference (Male and female genitalia): Clarke, J.F.G. (1986), 168

Page reference (Illustration (Fig. 294d)): Clarke, J.F.G. (1986), 445

Is later homonym of (No replacement name at present): Orneodes xanthozona Diakonoff, 1954

Distribution:

French Polynesia (Clarke, J.F.G. 1986: Fatu Hiva)

Clarke, J.F.G. (1986) Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 1–485. ↗

Species: Alucita xanthozona (Diakonoff, 1954)

Has basionym: Orneodes xanthozona Diakonoff, 1954

= Species: Orneodes xanthozona Diakonoff, 1954

Page reference (Original description): Diakonoff, A. (1954), 179 ↗

Page reference (Male genitalia): Diakonoff, A. (1954), 178 ↗

Page reference (Map showing location of Iebèlè Camp): Diakonoff, A. (1952), 8 ↗

Has later homonym (No replacement name at present): Alucita xanthozona (Clarke, 1986)

Has later homonym (No replacement name at present): Orneodes xanthozona Clarke, 1986

Is basionym for: Alucita xanthonzona (Diakonoff, 1954)

Has superfluous replacement (Misspelling): Alucita xanthonzona (Diakonoff, 1954)

= Species: Alucita xanthonzona (Diakonoff, 1954)

Page reference (Misspelling in LepIndex): Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A. & Lyal, C. (Editors) (2018), 204 ↗

Has basionym: Orneodes xanthozona Diakonoff, 1954

Is superfluous replacement for (Misspelling): Orneodes xanthozona Diakonoff, 1954

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Diakonoff, A. 1954: Iebèlè Camp (14 km NE of Danau Habbema - map in Diakonoff, 1952))

Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A. & Lyal, C. (Editors) (2018) The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). Web database. ↗

Clarke, J.F.G. (1986) Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 1–485. ↗

Diakonoff, A. (1952) Microlepidoptera of New Guinea : results of the third Archbold expedition : (American-Netherlands Indian expedition 1938-1939) : part I. 167 pp. ↗

Diakonoff, A. (1954) Microlepidoptera of New Guinea : results of the third Archbold expedition : (American-Netherlands Indian expedition 1938-1939) : part IV. 196 pp. ↗

Species: Alucita zinovievi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2016

Page reference: Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. (2016), 299

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020)

Ghana (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020)

Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. (2016) Alucita zinovievi, new species of many-plumed moth from Cameroon (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae). Amurian zoological journal 8: 299–300. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020) New species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Liberia and Ghana (Western Africa). Ecologica Montenegrina 32: 26-31. ↗

Species: Alucita zonodactyla Zeller, 1847

Page reference (Original description): Zeller, P.C. (1847), 908 ↗

Zeller, P.C. (1847) Bemerkungen über die auf einer Reise nach Italien und Sicilien beobachteten Schmetterlingsarten. Isis von Oken 40: 881-914. ↗

Species: Alucita zumkehri Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 25

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Mamberamo district)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Species: Alucita zuza Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Delabye, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. (2020), 111-112

Distribution:

Cameroon (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, P., Delabye, S., Maicher, V., Sáfián, S., Streltzov, A. & Tropek, R. 2024)

Species: Alucita zwieri Gielis, 2009

Page reference: Gielis, C. (2009), 25

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Gielis, C. 2009: Indonesia: Papua: Sarmi district)

Gielis, C. (2009) Additions to the Alucitidae of Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera). Boletin Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 44: 15–33. ↗

Genus: Anomima Turner, 1922

Page reference: Turner, A.J. (1922), 55 ↗

Has type (Type species by original monotypy): Anomima phaeochroa Turner, 1922

Turner, A.J. (1922) Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35: 26–62. ↗

Species: Anomima phaeochroa Turner, 1922

Page reference: Turner, A.J. (1922), 56 ↗

Is type for (Type species by original monotypy): Anomima Turner, 1922

Turner, A.J. (1922) Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35: 26–62. ↗

Genus: Cenoloba Walsingham, 1885

Page reference: Walsingham, T. de Grey (1885), 176

Has type (Type species by original designation): Pterophorus obliteralis Walker, 1864

Walsingham, T. de Grey (1885) Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. ↗

Species: Cenoloba argochalca Meyrick, 1939

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1939), 49

Distribution:

Taiwan

Meyrick, E. (1939) New microlepidoptera with notes on others. Trans. Roy. Ent. Soc. London 89: 47-62. ↗

Species: Cenoloba cuprescens Hampson, 1917

Page reference (Original description): Hampson, G.F. (1917), 279 ↗

Distribution:

Indonesia (Sumbawa)

Hampson, G.F. (1917) Descriptions of new Pyralidae of the subfamily Hydrocampinae, Scoparianae, &c. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (Series 8) 20: 265-282. ↗

Species: Cenoloba obliteralis (Walker, 1864)

Has basionym: Pterophorus obliteralis Walker, 1864

= Species: Pterophorus obliteralis Walker, 1864

Page reference (Original description): Walker, F.A. (1864), 945 ↗

Is type for (Type species by original designation): Cenoloba Walsingham, 1885

Distribution:

Australia

Walker, F.A. (1864) List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, part XXIX. Tineites. ↗

Species: Cenoloba taprobana Hampson, 1912

Page reference (n. sp.): Hampson, G.F. (1912), 1262

n. sp.

Distribution:

Sri Lanka

Hampson, G.F. (1912) The moths of India. Supplementary paper to the volumes in ‘The Fauna of British India’. Series IV, Part V. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 21: 1222-1272. ↗

Genus: Epharpastis Meyrick, 1887

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1887), 203

Has type (Type species by original monotypy): Epharpastis daedala Meyrick, 1887

Meyrick, E. (1887) Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. ↗

Species: Epharpastis daedala Meyrick, 1887

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1887), 203

Is type for (Type species by original monotypy): Epharpastis Meyrick, 1887

Meyrick, E. (1887) Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. ↗

Genus: Euthesaura Turner, 1922

Page reference (Key): Turner, A.J. (1922), 55 ↗

Page reference (Original description): Turner, A.J. (1922), 57 ↗

Has type (Type species by original designation): Euthesaura glycina Turner, 1922

Turner, A.J. (1922) Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35: 26–62. ↗

Species: Euthesaura carbonaria Turner, 1922

Page reference: Turner, A.J. (1922), 58 ↗

Turner, A.J. (1922) Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35: 26–62. ↗

Species: Euthesaura glycina Turner, 1922

Page reference: Turner, A.J. (1922), 57 ↗

Is type for (Type species by original designation): Euthesaura Turner, 1922

Turner, A.J. (1922) Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35: 26–62. ↗

Genus: Euthrausta Turner, 1922

Page reference (Key): Turner, A.J. (1922), 55 ↗

Page reference (Original description): Turner, A.J. (1922), 59 ↗

Has type (Type species by original designation): Tineodes oxyprora Turner, 1908

Turner, A.J. (1922) Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35: 26–62. ↗

Species: Euthrausta holophaea (Turner, 1908)

Page reference (New combination): Turner, A.J. (1922), 59 ↗

Has basionym: Tineodes holophaea Turner, 1908

= Species: Tineodes holophaea Turner, 1908

Page reference (Original description): Turner, A.J. (1908), 108 ↗

Turner, A.J. (1908) New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 55-109. ↗

Turner, A.J. (1922) Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35: 26–62. ↗

Species: Euthrausta oxyprora (Turner, 1908)

Page reference (New combination): Turner, A.J. (1922), 59 ↗

Has basionym: Tineodes oxyprora Turner, 1908

= Species: Tineodes oxyprora Turner, 1908

Page reference: Turner, A.J. (1908), 108

Page reference (Original description): Turner, A.J. (1908), 108 ↗

Is type for (Type species by original designation): Euthrausta Turner, 1922

Turner, A.J. (1908) New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 55-109. ↗

Turner, A.J. (1922) Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35: 26–62. ↗

Species: Euthrausta phoenicea (Turner, 1908)

Page reference (New combination): Turner, A.J. (1922), 59 ↗

Has basionym: Tineodes phoenicea Turner, 1908

= Species: Tineodes phoenicea Turner, 1908

Page reference (Original description): Turner, A.J. (1908), 107 ↗

Turner, A.J. (1908) New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 32: 55-109. ↗

Turner, A.J. (1922) Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35: 26–62. ↗

Genus: Hebdomactis Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 539 ↗

Has type (Type species by original monotypy): Hebdomactis crystallodes Meyrick, 1929

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Species: Hebdomactis crystallodes Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 539 ↗

Is type for (Type species by original monotypy): Hebdomactis Meyrick, 1929

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Genus: Hexeretmis Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 539 ↗

Has type (Type species by original monotypy): Hexeretmis argo Meyrick, 1929

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Species: Hexeretmis argo Meyrick, 1929

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1929), 540 ↗

Is type for (Type species by original monotypy): Hexeretmis Meyrick, 1929

Meyrick, E. (1929) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(16-17): 481-544. ↗

Species: Hexeretmis argobrunnea Heppner, Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2024

Page reference (n. sp.): Heppner, J.B., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. (2024), 85

Distribution:

Peru (Heppner, J.B., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. 2024)

Heppner, J.B., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. (2024) Two new species of giant many-plumed moths from Brazil and Peru (Lepidoptera: Alucitoidea: Microschisminae). Lepidoptera Novae 17 (1-2): 83-88.

Species: Hexeretmis pontopora Meyrick, 1934

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1934), 507 ↗

Meyrick, E. (1934) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4(15-20): 449-642. ↗

Species: Hexeretmis willineri Pastrana, 1954

Page reference: Pastrana, J.A. (1954), 487

Pastrana, J.A. (1954) Dos nuevos Orneódidos sudamericanos. Physis. Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales 20: 487–493.

Genus: Microschismus Fletcher, 1909

Page reference (Original description): Fletcher, T.B. (1909), 253 ↗

Has type (Type species by original designation): Microschismus fortis Meyrick, 1910

= Genus (Subjective synonym): Macrembola Meyrick, 1909

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1909), 5

Has type (Type species by original designation): Alucita fortis Walsingham, 1881

Fletcher, T.B. (1909) A new genus and species of Orneodidae (Lep.). The Entomologist 42: 253-254. ↗

Meyrick, E. (1909) Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2: 1–28, 8 plates. ↗

Species: Microschismus alida Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020

Page reference (Original description, imago and male genitalia): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020), 424

Distribution:

South Africa (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020: Free State, Golden Gate Highlands Nat. Park)

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020) Two new species and new records of many-plumed moths of the genus Microschismus Fletcher, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from the Republic of South Africa with corld catalogue of the genus. Russian Entomological Journal 29 (4): 423-427. ↗

Species: Microschismus antennatus Fletcher, 1909

Page reference (Original description): Fletcher, T.B. (1909), 253 ↗

Page reference (Adult and female genitalia previously illustrated for Microschismus premnias (Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2011) are this species): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020), 425

= Species (Subjective synonym; Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V., 2011): Microschismus cato Meyrick, 1927

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1927), 374 ↗

= Species (Subjective synonym; Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V., 2011): Microschismus columella Meyrick, 1927

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1927), 373 ↗

= Species (Subjective synonym; Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V., 2011): Microschismus ctenias Meyrick, 1911

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1911), 222

Distribution:

South Africa (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020: Free State, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal)

Fletcher, T.B. (1909) A new genus and species of Orneodidae (Lep.). The Entomologist 42: 253-254. ↗

Meyrick, E. (1911) Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera II. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2: 218–240. ↗

Meyrick, E. (1927) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3(11-12): 321-384. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2011) A Revision of the Genus Microschismus Fletcher, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae). African Invertebrates 52: 557–570. ↗

Species: Microschismus cymatias Meyrick, 1918

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1918), 35 ↗

Page reference (Notes): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020), 425

Distribution:

South Africa (Meyrick, E. 1918: Transvaal: Pretoria)

Meyrick, E. (1918) Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6: 1–59. ↗

Species: Microschismus fortis (Walsingham, 1881)

Has basionym: Alucita fortis Walsingham, 1881

= Species: Alucita fortis Walsingham, 1881

Page reference: Walsingham, T. de Grey (1881), 284, Pl. XIII. fig. 49

Page reference (Notes): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020), 426

Is type for (Type species by original designation): Macrembola Meyrick, 1909

= Species: Microschismus fortis Meyrick, 1910

Is type for (Type species by original designation): Microschismus Fletcher, 1909

Distribution:

South Africa (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020: KwaZulu Natal, Gauteng, Northern Cape, Free State)

Walsingham, T. de Grey (1881) On the Tortricidae, Tineidae and Pterophoridae of South Africa. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1881: 219–285, Plate 13. ↗

Species: Microschismus lenzi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2011

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2011), 564

Page reference (KwaZulu Natal): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020), 427

Distribution:

South Africa (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020: KwaZulu Natal)

Zimbabwe (Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. 2011: Manicaland, Bvumbe, Seldomseen Holiday Cottages)

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2011) A Revision of the Genus Microschismus Fletcher, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae). African Invertebrates 52: 557–570. ↗

Species: Microschismus premnias Meyrick, 1913

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1913), 269

Page reference (Redescription, imago and female genitalia): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020), 427

Distribution:

South Africa (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020: KwaZulu Natal, Free State)

Meyrick, E. (1913) Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. IV. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3: 267–336. ↗

Species: Microschismus reginus Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2011

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2011), 566

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2011) A Revision of the Genus Microschismus Fletcher, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae). African Invertebrates 52: 557–570. ↗

Species: Microschismus sceletias Meyrick, 1911

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1911), 222

Page reference (Notes): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020), 427

Distribution:

South Africa (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020: Limpopo, Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal)

Meyrick, E. (1911) Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera II. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 2: 218–240. ↗

Species: Microschismus sterkfonteini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2011

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2011), 568

Page reference (Notes): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020), 427

Distribution:

South Africa (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020: Free State, KwaZulu Natal)

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2011) A Revision of the Genus Microschismus Fletcher, 1909 (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae). African Invertebrates 52: 557–570. ↗

Species: Microschismus yakovlevi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich 2020

Page reference (Original description, imago and male genitalia): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. (2020), 424

Distribution:

South Africa (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltzov, A. 2020: Western Cape)

Genus: Neoxychirota Clarke, 1986

Page reference: Clarke, J.F.G. (1986), 14

Has type (Type species): Neoxychirota isolata Clarke, 1986

Clarke, J.F.G. (1986) Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 1–485. ↗

Species: Neoxychirota isolata Clarke, 1986

Page reference: Clarke, J.F.G. (1986), 16, fig'd

Is type for (Type species): Neoxychirota Clarke, 1986

Clarke, J.F.G. (1986) Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 1–485. ↗

Genus: Oxychirota Meyrick, 1885

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1885), 438 ↗

Is type for (Type genus): Oxychirotidae Meyrick, 1885

Has type (Type species by original monotypy): Oxychirota paradoxa Meyrick, 1885

Meyrick, E. (1885) X. On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 33: 421–456. ↗

Species: Oxychirota ceylonica Hampson, 1906

Page reference (Original description): Hampson, G.F. (1906), 216 ↗

Hampson, G.F. (1906) On new Thyrididae and Pyralidae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (Series 7) 17: 189-222. ↗

Species: Oxychirota mesocola Hampson, 1906

Page reference (Original description): Hampson, G.F. (1906), 216 ↗

Hampson, G.F. (1906) On new Thyrididae and Pyralidae. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (Series 7) 17: 189-222. ↗

Species: Oxychirota paradoxa Meyrick, 1885

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1885), 438 ↗

Is type for (Type species by original monotypy): Oxychirota Meyrick, 1885

Meyrick, E. (1885) X. On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 33: 421–456. ↗

Genus: Paelia Walker, 1866

Page reference: Walker, F.A. (1866), 1846

Has type (Type species by original monotypy): Paelia lunuligera Walker, 1866

Walker, F.A. (1866) List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, part XXXV. Supplement, part 5. ↗

Species: Paelia lunuligera Walker, 1866

Page reference: Walker, F.A. (1866), 1846

Is type for (Type species by original monotypy): Paelia Walker, 1866

Walker, F.A. (1866) List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, part XXXV. Supplement, part 5. ↗

Genus: Palaeodes Hampson, 1913

Page reference (Original description): Hampson, G.F. (1913), 318 ↗

Has type (Type species by original monotypy): Palaeodes samealis Hampson, 1913

Hampson, G.F. (1913) Descriptions of new species of Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae (cont.). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (Series 8) 12(67): 299-319. ↗

Species: Palaeodes samealis Hampson, 1913

Page reference (Original description): Hampson, G.F. (1913), 318 ↗

Is type for (Type species by original monotypy): Palaeodes Hampson, 1913

Hampson, G.F. (1913) Descriptions of new species of Pyralidae of the subfamily Pyraustinae (cont.). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (Series 8) 12(67): 299-319. ↗

Genus: Prymnotomis Meyrick, 1931

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1931), 86 ↗

Has type (Type species by original monotypy): Prymnotomis crypsicroca Meyrick, 1931

Meyrick, E. (1931) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4(2-6): 33-192. ↗

Species: Prymnotomis cecidicola Moreira & Becker, 2019

Page reference (Original description): Moreira, G.R.P., Pereira, C.M., Becker, V.O., Specht, A. & Gonçalves, G.L. (2019), 4

Distribution:

Brazil (Distrito Federal) (Moreira, G.R.P., Pereira, C.M., Becker, V.O., Specht, A. & Gonçalves, G.L. 2019)

Brazil (Goiás) (Moreira, G.R.P., Pereira, C.M., Becker, V.O., Specht, A. & Gonçalves, G.L. 2019)

Brazil (Minas Gerais) (Moreira, G.R.P., Pereira, C.M., Becker, V.O., Specht, A. & Gonçalves, G.L. 2019)

Moreira, G.R.P., Pereira, C.M., Becker, V.O., Specht, A. & Gonçalves, G.L. (2019) A new cecidogenous species of many-plumed moth (Alucitidae) associated with Cordiera A. Rich. ex DC. (Rubiaceae) in the Brazilian Cerrado. Zoologia 36: e34604: 1-15. ↗

Species: Prymnotomis crypsicroca Meyrick, 1931

Page reference (Original description): Meyrick, E. (1931), 86 ↗

Is type for (Type species by original monotypy): Prymnotomis Meyrick, 1931

Meyrick, E. (1931) Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4(2-6): 33-192. ↗

Species: Prymnotomis saopauloana Heppner, Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2024

Page reference (n. sp.): Heppner, J.B., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. (2024), 83

Distribution:

Brazil (Heppner, J.B., Kovtunovich, V.N. & Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. 2024)

Genus: Pterotopteryx Hannemann, 1959

Page reference: Hannemann, H.J. (1959), 173

Has type (Type species by original designation): Alucita dodecadactyla Hübner, 1813

Hannemann, H.J. (1959) Über die Gattungszugehörigkeit von Alucita [Orneodes] dodecadactyla. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitscrift (N.F.) 6: 170-173.

Species: Pterotopteryx baihua (Yang, 1977)

= Species: Orneodes baihua Yang, 1977

Page reference: Yang, C.Z. (1977), 259

Is basionym for: Alucita baihua (Yang, 1977)

= Species: Alucita baihua (Yang, 1977)

Has basionym: Orneodes baihua Yang, 1977

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

China (Beijing) (Hao, Sh., Ustjuzhanin, P.Y. & Kovtunovich, V.N 2025)

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Yang, C.Z. (1977) Moths of North China 1.

Species: Pterotopteryx colchica Zagulajev, 1992

Page reference: Zagulajev, A.K. (1992), 30

Zagulajev, A.K. (1992) New species of Microlepidoptera (Psychidae, Alucitidae) from the Crimea, Caucasus and Central Asia. Lepidoptera of arid zone of Eurasia. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 248: 18–34.

Species: Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla (Hübner, 1813)

Has basionym: Alucita dodecadactyla Hübner, 1813

= Species: Alucita dodecadactyla Hübner, 1813

Page reference: Hübner, J. (1813), pl.6 fig.29

Is type for (Type species by original designation): Pterotopteryx Hannemann, 1959

= Species: Orneodes dorcadius Hering, 1917

Page reference: Hering, M. (1917), 194

Is basionym for: Alucita dorcadius (Hering, 1917)

= Species (Subjective synonym): Alucita dorcadius (Hering, 1917)

Has basionym: Orneodes dorcadius Hering, 1917

Distribution:

Finland (Elmqvist, H. & Johansson, R. 2015)

Norway (Elmqvist, H. & Johansson, R. 2015)

Sweden (Elmqvist, H. & Johansson, R. 2015)

Elmqvist, H. & Johansson, R. (2015) Fjädermott i Norden-en fälthandbok.156 pp. Entomologiska föreningen i Stockholm. Stockholm.

Hering, M. (1917) Sieben neue Arten der Gattung Orneodes (Mikrolepid.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 78: 190–195. ↗

Hübner, J. (1813) Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. ↗

Species: Pterotopteryx elenaivshinae Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2025

Page reference (sp. n.): Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. (2025), 162

sp. n.

Distribution:

Laos (Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. 2025)

Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. (2025) First records of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Laos. Ecologica Montenegrina 93: 157-167. ↗

Species: Pterotopteryx eumorphodactyla (Caradja, 1920)

Has basionym: Orneodes zonodactyla var. eumorphodactyla Caradja, 1920

= Variety: Orneodes zonodactyla var. eumorphodactyla Caradja, 1920

Page reference: Caradja, A. (1920), 88

Is basionym for: Alucita eumorphodactyla (Caradja, 1920)

= Species (Subjective synonym; Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V., 2014): Pterotopteryx koreana Byun, 2006

Page reference: Byun, B.-K. (2006), 42

= Species (Subjective synonym; Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V., 2014): Alucita sakhalinica Zagulajev, 1995

= Species: Alucita eumorphodactyla (Caradja, 1920)

Has basionym: Orneodes zonodactyla var. eumorphodactyla Caradja, 1920

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

Byun, B.-K. (2006) Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Korea: Description of a new species and records of two previously unrecorded species. Zootaxa 1188: 37–47. ↗

Caradja, A. (1920) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der geographischen Verbreitung der Mikrolepidopteren des palaearktischen Faunengebietes nebst Beschreibung neuer Formen. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 34: 75–179. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2014) New data on the many-plumed moths (Alucitidae, Lepidoptera) of the Far East of Russia. Nota Lepidopterologica 37: 135–139. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Species: Pterotopteryx formosana Buchsbaum & Chen, 2019

Page reference (Original description): Buchsbaum, U. & Chen, M.-Y. (2019), 287

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

Taiwan (Buchsbaum, U. & Chen, M.-Y. 2019)

Buchsbaum, U. & Chen, M.-Y. (2019) A new Alucitidae species from Taiwan (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) (Contribution to the moths of Taiwan 15). Spixiana 42(2): 285-290. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Species: Pterotopteryx ismailovi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2025

Page reference (sp. n.): Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. (2025), 166

sp. n.

Distribution:

Laos (Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. 2025)

Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. (2025) First records of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Laos. Ecologica Montenegrina 93: 157-167. ↗

Species: Pterotopteryx ivonini Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2025

Page reference (sp. n.): Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. (2025), 159

sp. n.

Distribution:

Cambodia (Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. 2025)

Laos (Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. 2025)

Malaysia (Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. 2025)

Vietnam (Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. 2025)

Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. (2025) First records of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Laos. Ecologica Montenegrina 93: 157-167. ↗

Species: Pterotopteryx lida Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016

Page reference: Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016), 17

Ustjuzhanin, P. & Kovtunovich, V. (2016) A new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae) from the south of the West Siberian Plain. Far Eastern Entomologist 322: 17–20. ↗

Species: Pterotopteryx lonicericola (Kuznetzov, 1978)

Has basionym: Alucita lonicericola Kuznetzov, 1978

= Species: Alucita lonicericola Kuznetzov, 1978

Page reference: Kuznetzov, V.I. (1978), 116

Kuznetzov, V.I. (1978) New species of microlepidoptera from Middle Asia. Trudy zool. Inst. Leningr 71: 110–119.

Species: Pterotopteryx nigrifasciata Byun & Park, 2007

Byun, B.-K. & Park, K.-T. (2007) Discovery of two new species of Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 1390: 51–57. ↗

Species: Pterotopteryx shanguanica Ustjuzhanin, Hao & Kovtunovich, 2026

Page reference (sp. nov.): Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026), 114

sp. nov.

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Species: Pterotopteryx spilodesma (Meyrick, 1908)

Has basionym: Orneodes spilodesma Meyrick, 1908

= Species: Orneodes spilodesma Meyrick, 1908

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1908), 508

Is basionym for: Alucita spilodesma (Meyrick, 1908)

= Species: Orneodes isshikii Matsumura, 1931

Is basionym for: Alucita isshikii (Matsumura, 1931)

= Species (Subjective synonym): Alucita isshikii (Matsumura, 1931)

Has basionym: Orneodes isshikii Matsumura, 1931

= Species (Subjective synonym): Alucita ochracea (Marumo, 1923)

Has basionym: Orneodes ochracea Marumo, 1923

= Species: Orneodes ochracea Marumo, 1923

Is basionym for: Alucita ochracea (Marumo, 1923)

= Species: Alucita spilodesma (Meyrick, 1908)

Has basionym: Orneodes spilodesma Meyrick, 1908

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

India

Japan (Hirowatari, T., Nasu, Y., Sakamaki, Y. & Kishida, Y. 2013)

Philippines

Russia

Russia (Sakhalin) (Titova, O., Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltsov, A. 2020)

Hirowatari, T., Nasu, Y., Sakamaki, Y. & Kishida, Y. (2013) The Standard or Moths in Japan IV (日本産蛾類標準図鑑 IV). 1-553.

Matsumura, S. (1931) 6000 illustrated Insects of Japan-Empire.

Meyrick, E. (1908) XXVII. Notes and Descriptions of Pterophoridae and Orneodidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1907: 471–511. [1907]. ↗

Titova, O., Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Streltsov, A. (2020) First reliable record of many-plumed moth Pterotopteryx spilodesma (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) on Sakhain Island. Ecologica Montenegrina 35: 23-35. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Species: Pterotopteryx synnephodactyla (Alphéraky, 1876)

Has basionym: Alucita synnephodactyla Alphéraky, 1876

= Species: Alucita synnephodactyla Alphéraky, 1876

Page reference: Alphéraky, S. (1876), 33

= Species (Subjective synonym; Sinev, S., 2019): Pterotopteryx monticola Zagulajev, 1992

Page reference: Zagulajev, A.K. (1992), 26

= Species: Pterotopteryx synaphodactyla Alphéraky, 1876

Alphéraky, S. (1876) Lepidoptera Caucasi Septentrionalis. Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva [= Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae] 10: 3–53. ↗

Sinev, S. (2019) Katalog cheshuekrylykh (Lepidoptera) Rossii Izdanie 2 (Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia Edition 2). Katalog cheshuekrylykh (Lepidoptera) Rossii Izdanie 2 (Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia Edition 2). ↗

Species: Pterotopteryx taoa Buchsbaum, Chen & Chen, 2020

Page reference (Original description): Buchsbaum, I., Chen, M.-Y. & Chen, D.J. (2020), 138

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

Taiwan (Buchsbaum, I., Chen, M.-Y. & Chen, D.J. 2020: Lanyu Island, Taiwan)

Buchsbaum, I., Chen, M.-Y. & Chen, D.J. (2020) Pterotopteryx taoa sp. nov. from Lanyu Island, Taiwan. Spixiana 43(1): 137-145. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Species: Pterotopteryx toxophila (Meyrick, 1906)

Page reference (comb. n.): Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. (2025), 158

comb. n.

= Species: Orneodes toxophila Meyrick, 1906

Page reference: Meyrick, E. (1906), 133

Is basionym for: Alucita toxophila (Meyrick, 1906)

= Species (Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P., 2025): Alucita toxophila (Meyrick, 1906)

Has basionym: Orneodes toxophila Meyrick, 1906

Distribution:

China (Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. 2026)

Laos (Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. 2025)

Kovtunovich, V. & Ustjuzhanin, P. (2025) First records of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Laos. Ecologica Montenegrina 93: 157-167. ↗

Meyrick, E. (1906) Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. II. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17: 133–153. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Hao, S. & Kovtunovich, V. (2026) A Checklist of Alucitidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of China, with the Description of a New Species. Ecologica Montenegrina 102: 108-119. ↗

Species: Pterotopteryx tshatkalica Zagulajev, 1995

Page reference: Zagulajev, A.K. (1995), 117

Zagulajev, A.K. (1995) New and little known species of moths of the fauna of Russia and neighbouring territories, VIII. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 74: 105–119.

Species: Pterotopteryx vietana Byun & Park, 2007

Byun, B.-K. & Park, K.-T. (2007) Discovery of two new species of Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 1390: 51–57. ↗

Genus: Tanycnema Turner, 1922

Page reference (Key): Turner, A.J. (1922), 55 ↗

Page reference: Turner, A.J. (1922), 56 ↗

Has type (Type species by original monotypy): Tanycnema anomala Turner, 1922

Turner, A.J. (1922) Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35: 26–62. ↗

Species: Tanycnema anomala Turner, 1922

Page reference: Turner, A.J. (1922), 57 ↗

Is type for (Type species by original monotypy): Tanycnema Turner, 1922

Turner, A.J. (1922) Studies in Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 35: 26–62. ↗

Genus: Tephroniopsis Amsel, 1961

Page reference: Amsel, H.G. (1961), 402

Has type (Type species by original designation): Tephroniopsis geometridalis Amsel, 1961

Amsel, H.G. (1961) Die Microlepidopteren der Brandt'schen Iran-Ausbeute, 5. Arkiv för Zoologi 13: 323-446.

Species: Tephroniopsis geometridalis Amsel, 1961

Page reference: Amsel, H.G. (1961), 403, text-figs 90-92, pl.5 fig.207

Is type for (Type species by original designation): Tephroniopsis Amsel, 1961

Amsel, H.G. (1961) Die Microlepidopteren der Brandt'schen Iran-Ausbeute, 5. Arkiv för Zoologi 13: 323-446.

Genus: Tineodes Guenée, 1854

Page reference (https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9825892): Guenée, A.& Boisduval, J.A. (1854), 236

Is type for (Type genus): Tineodidae Meyrick, 1885

Has type (Type species by original monotypy): Tineodes adactylalis Guenée, 1854

= Genus: Careantia Walker, 1859

Page reference: Walker, F.A. (1859), 407 (key); 407 (key, as *Careantia), 424

= Genus (Subjective synonym): Carcantia Walker, 1859

Page reference: Walker, F.A. (1859), 407 (key, as *Careantia), 424

Has type (Type species by original monotypy): Carcantia pterophoralis Walker, 1859

Guenée, A.& Boisduval, J.A. (1854) Histoire naturelle des insectes, Tome Huitième, Deltiïdes et Pyralites. ↗

Walker, F.A. (1859) List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, part XVI. Deltoides. ↗

Species: Tineodes adactylalis Guenée, 1854

Page reference (Original description): Guenée, A.& Boisduval, J.A. (1854), 237 ↗

Is type for (Type species by original monotypy): Tineodes Guenée, 1854

= Species: Carcantia pterophoralis Walker, 1859

Page reference: Walker, F.A. (1859), 425

Is type for (Type species by original monotypy): Carcantia Walker, 1859

Is basionym for: Tineodes pterophoralis (Walker, 1859)

= Species (Subjective synonym): Tineodes pterophoralis (Walker, 1859)

Has basionym: Carcantia pterophoralis Walker, 1859

Guenée, A.& Boisduval, J.A. (1854) Histoire naturelle des insectes, Tome Huitième, Deltiïdes et Pyralites. ↗

Walker, F.A. (1859) List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, part XVI. Deltoides. ↗

Genus: Triscaedecia Hampson, 1905

Page reference (Original description): Hampson, G.F. (1905), 247 ↗

Has type (Type species by original monotypy): Triscaedecia dactyloptera Hampson, 1905

= Genus: Hofmannia Pagenstecher, 1900

Has type (Type species by original monotypy): Hofmannia septemdactyla Pagenstecher, 1900

Hampson, G.F. (1905) On three remarkable new genera of micro-lepidoptera. Trans. ent. Soc. London 1905: 245-249. ↗

Species: Triscaedecia dactyloptera Hampson, 1905

Page reference (Illustration showing maxillary palpus): Fletcher, T.B. (1909), 168, figs. 7,8 ↗

Page reference (Original description): Hampson, G.F. (1905), 247, fig. ↗

Is type for (Type species by original monotypy): Triscaedecia Hampson, 1905

Distribution:

Sri Lanka (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. 2019)

Fletcher, T.B. (1909) The plume-moths of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica 6: 1-39: 5 pl. ↗

Hampson, G.F. (1905) On three remarkable new genera of micro-lepidoptera. Trans. ent. Soc. London 1905: 245-249. ↗

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. (2019) A taxonomic review of the genus Triscaedecia (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) in the world fauna. Zootaxa 4571: 373–382. ↗

Species: Triscaedecia sarawaki Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Hobern, 2019

Page reference (Original description): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. (2019), 376

Distribution:

Malaysia (Sarawak) (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. 2019)

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. (2019) A taxonomic review of the genus Triscaedecia (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) in the world fauna. Zootaxa 4571: 373–382. ↗

Species: Triscaedecia septemdactyla (Pagenstecher, 1900)

Has basionym: Hofmannia septemdactyla Pagenstecher, 1900

= Species: Hofmannia septemdactyla Pagenstecher, 1900

Page reference: Pagenstecher, A. (1900), 241

Is type for (Type species by original monotypy): Hofmannia Pagenstecher, 1900

Distribution:

Indonesia (Irian Jaya) (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. 2019)

Papua New Guinea (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. 2019)

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. (2019) A taxonomic review of the genus Triscaedecia (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) in the world fauna. Zootaxa 4571: 373–382. ↗

Species: Triscaedecia sulawesi Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Hobern, 2019

Page reference (Original description): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. (2019), 374

Distribution:

Indonesia (Sulawesi) (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. 2019)

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. (2019) A taxonomic review of the genus Triscaedecia (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) in the world fauna. Zootaxa 4571: 373–382. ↗

Species: Triscaedecia suva Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Hobern, 2019

Page reference (Original description): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. (2019), 379

Distribution:

Fiji (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. 2019)

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. (2019) A taxonomic review of the genus Triscaedecia (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) in the world fauna. Zootaxa 4571: 373–382. ↗

Species: Triscaedecia svetlanae Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Hobern, 2019

Page reference (Original description): Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. (2019), 378

Distribution:

Malaysia (Pahang) (Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. 2019)

Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. (2019) A taxonomic review of the genus Triscaedecia (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) in the world fauna. Zootaxa 4571: 373–382. ↗

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