Alucita cymatodactyla is a moth of the family Alucitidae.[1][2] It is found in France, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia,[2] Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and Turkey. The habitat consists of dry and semi-dry closed grasslands and riverine ash-alder woodlands.[3]

Alucita cymatodactyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Alucita
Species:
A. cymatodactyla
Binomial name
Alucita cymatodactyla
Zeller, 1852
Synonyms
  • Alucita baldizzonella Nel, 2001

In Hungary, adults emerge in September, overwinter, and are active again in spring, from April to early July.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Alucita cymatodactyla Zeller, 1852". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.256. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Alucita cymatodactyla Zeller, 1852". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b Fazekas, Imre (2010). "Provisional atlas and checklist of the Alucitidae fauna of Hungary (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Natura Somogyiensis. 17: 257–271. doi:10.24394/NatSom.2010.17.257.