Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758
(Many-plume, Twenty-plume, Twenty-plume Moth)

Interactions where Alucita hexadactyla is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva causes gall of inflorescence Lonicera honeysuckles Dipsacales: Caprifoliaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Alucitidae/Alucita hexadactyla/Alucita hexadactylamany-plume, twenty-plume, twenty-plume mothlarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Dipsacales/Caprifoliaceae/Lonicera/Lonicerahoneysucklesinflorescence

Author & YearTitleSource
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Alucita hexadactyla (Many-plume, Twenty-plume, Twenty-plume Moth) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Alucita hexadactyla (Many-plume, Twenty-plume, Twenty-plume Moth) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAlucita hexadactyla (Many-plume, Twenty-plume, Twenty-plume Moth)
FamilyALUCITIDAE (many-plume moths)
SuperfamilyALUCITOIDEA (many-plume moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alucita hexadactyla (Many-plume, Twenty-plume, Twenty-plume Moth)

Alucita hexadactyla (Many-plume, Twenty-plume, Twenty-plume Moth) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Alucita hexadactyla (Many-plume, Twenty-plume, Twenty-plume Moth):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 17 images of Alucita hexadactyla (Many-plume, Twenty-plume, Twenty-plume Moth)
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