Alucita hexadactyla

    Twenty-plumed Moth or Many-plumed Moth

    AlucitidaeABH 44.001 B&F 1288

    Widespread and common, largely as a visitor to garden lights.  Seemingly most numerous in a band running across the west and south of the county from Minehead to Crewkerne via Taunton.

    Adult Verification Grade: 1

    Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla) photographed in Somerset by John Connolly
    Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla) photographed in Somerset by Paul Wilkins
    Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla) photographed in Somerset by John Bebbington
    Twenty-plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla) photographed in Somerset by Sue Davies