Alucita pygmaea

Species of many-plumed moth in genus Alucita

Alucita pygmaea

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Alucitidae
Genus:  | Alucita
Species:  |

A. pygmaea

Binomial name
Alucita pygmaea

Meyrick, 1890

Synonyms

* Orneodes pygmaea Meyrick

Alucita pygmaea is a species of moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in the northern half of Australia, as well as Fiji.

The wingspan is about 8 mm.

The larvae feed on Canthium oleifolium.

## External links

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* Australian Faunal Directory
* Australian insects
* Checklist of Moths of Fiji

Taxon identifiers

Alucita pygmaea|

* Wikidata: Q4737270
* AFD: Alucita_pygmaea
* BioLib: 1083236
* CoL: CB2D
* EoL: 176379
* GBIF: 1992489
* iNaturalist: 878725
* IRMNG: 10980291
* LepIndex: 176
* Open Tree of Life: 3090782

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