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Very small
Alucita hexadactyla (twenty-plume
The twenty-plume
Silver moth with some brown spots. About 25 ...
I think this is a many-plumed
# alucita 14 Other spottings locally ...
So small only about 3 mm wing tip to tip, I only saw the beauty after I ...
A small moth with a wingspan of about 15mm. ...
fly nearly year-round.
The forewings of
The adult wings are very slender, held at right-angles to body when at rest, ...