Alucita cancellata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Alucitidae |
| Genus: | Alucita |
| Species: | A. cancellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Alucita cancellata (Meyrick, 1908)
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Alucita cancellata is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Romania and the Republic of Macedonia.[1] It was first described from Syria and is further known from Iran, Israel, Turkey and Russia.[2]
The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are white, with four subquadrate fuscous spots edged with black on the anterior half of the costa. The hindwings are white, the basal area ochreous tinged and spotted with dark fuscous.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Fauna Europaea[dead link]
- ^ Provisional atlas and checklist of the Alucitidae fauna of Hungary (Lepidoptera)
- ^ lepiforum.de
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