Systematische Einordnung

Reich: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Tiere
Unterreich: Bilateria Haeckel, 1874 - Zweiseitentiere
Unterstreich: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - Urmünder
Überstamm: Ecdysozoa Aguinaldo, Turbeville, Linford, Rivera, Garey, Raff & Lake, 1997 - Häutungstiere
Stamm: Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843 - Gliederfüßer
Unterstamm: Hexapoda Blainville, 1816 - Sechsfüßer
Klasse: Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - Insekten
Unterklasse: Pterygota Gegenbaur, 1878 - Fluginsekten
Unterstklasse: Neoptera Martynov, 1923 - Neuflügler
Überordnung: Holometabola Burmeister, 1835 - Holometabole Insekten
Ordnung: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - Schmetterlinge
Klade: Angiospermivora Regier, Mitter, Kristensen, Davis, van Nieukerken, Rota, Simonsen, Mitter, Kawahara, Yen, Cummings & Zwick, 2015
Klade: Glossata Fabricius, 1775
Klade: Coelolepida Nielsen & Kristensen, 1996
Klade: Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918
Klade: Eulepidoptera Kiriakoff, 1948
Klade: Euheteroneura Regier, Mitter, Kristensen, Davis, van Nieukerken, Rota, Simonsen, Mitte, Kawahara, Yen, Cummings & Zwick, 2015
Klade: Ditrysia Börner, 1925
Klade: Apoditrysia Minet, 1983
Überfamilie: Alucitoidea Leach, 1815
Familie: Alucitidae Leach, 1815 - Federgeistchen
Unterfamilie: Alucitinae Leach, 1815
Gattung: Alucita Linnaeus, 1758

Angaben zur Gattung

• Typusart: Phalaena Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758
• Anzahl der Arten: 213

Synonyme

• Euchiradia Hübner, [1826]
• Orneodes Latreille, 1796

Referenzen

• Phalaena Alucita Linnaeus, 1758: 542
• Orneodes Latreille, 1796: 148
• Euchiradia Hübner, [1826]: 431
• Alucita: Gielis (2003): 107
• Alucita: Byun (2006): 38
• Alucita: Gielis (2009): 16

• Alucita aarviki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016
• Alucita abenahoensis Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita acalles (Walsingham, 1915)
• Alucita acalyptra (Meyrick, 1913) -
• Alucita acascaea (Turner, 1913)
• Alucita acutata Scholz & Jäckh, 1994
• Alucita adriendenisi Landry & Landry, 2004 -
• Alucita adzharica Zagulajev, 1994
• Alucita agapeta (Turner, 1913)
• Alucita agassizi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 -
• Alucita amalopis (Meyrick, 1927)
• Alucita ancalopa (Meyrick, 1921)
• Alucita anemolia (Meyrick, 1929)
• Alucita anna Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024 -
• Alucita anticoma (Meyrick, 1929) -
• Alucita aramsolkiensis Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita argyrospodia (Diakonoff, 1954) -
• Alucita armstrongi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2021 -
• Alucita arriguttii (Pastrana, 1960)
• Alucita atomoclasta (Meyrick, 1934)
• Alucita bakingili Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 -
• Alucita bakweri Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 -
• Alucita baliochlora (Meyrick, 1929) -
• Alucita balioxantha (Meyrick, 1921)
• Alucita beinongdai (Yang, 1977)
• Alucita besongi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 -
• Alucita bidentata Scholz & Jäckh, 1994
• Alucita bokwango Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 -
• Alucita brachyphimus (Hering, 1917) -
• Alucita bridarollii (Pastrana, 1951)
• Alucita brunnea (Fletcher, 1926)
• Alucita budashkini Zagulajev, 2000
• Alucita bulgaria Zagulajev, 2000
• Alucita butleri Wallengren, 1875 -
• Alucita canariensis Scholz & Jäckh, 1994
• Alucita cancellata (Meyrick, 1908)
• Alucita capensis Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 -
• Alucita certifica (Meyrick, 1909) -
• Alucita chloracta (Meyrick, 1908) -
• Alucita cinnerethella (Amsel, 1935)
• Alucita coffeina (Viette, 1958) -
• Alucita compsoxantha (Meyrick, 1924) -
• Alucita crococyma (Meyrick, 1937) -
• Alucita cyanophanes (Meyrick, 1934)
• Alucita cymatodactyla Zeller, 1852
• Alucita cymographa (Meyrick, 1929) -
• Alucita danunciae Vargas, 2011 -
• Alucita debilella Scholz & Jäckh, 1994
• Alucita deboeri Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita deja Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 -
• Alucita dejongi Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita desmodactyla Zeller, 1847 - Ziest-Geistchen -
• Alucita devosi Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita dohertyi (Walsingham, 1909) -
• Alucita ectomesa (Hering, 1917) -
• Alucita entoprocta (Hering, 1917)
• Alucita erzayi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024 -
• Alucita escobari Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 -
• Alucita eteoxantha (Meyrick, 1929) -
• Alucita eudactyla Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
• Alucita eudasys (Diakonoff, 1954) -
• Alucita eurynephela (Meyrick, 1929) -
• Alucita euscripta Minet, 1976
• Alucita fako Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024 -
• Alucita ferruginea Walsingham, 1881 -
• Alucita flavicincta (Walsingham, 1915)
• Alucita flaviserta (Meyrick, 1921)
• Alucita flavofascia (Inoue, 1956)
• Alucita fletcheriana (Ghesquière, 1940)
• Alucita fokami Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 -
• Alucita fumosa (Diakonoff, 1948)
• Alucita grammodactyla Zeller, 1841 - Skabiosen-Geistchen -
• Alucita habrophila (Meyrick, 1920) -
• Alucita helena Ustjuzhanin, 1993
• Alucita hemicyclus (Hering, 1917)
• Alucita hendriki Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2021 -
• Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758 - Geißblatt-Geistchen - - -
  
• Alucita hirsuta Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024 -
• Alucita hofmanni (Pagenstecher, 1900)
• Alucita homotrocha (Meyrick, 1921) -
• Alucita huebneri Wallengren, 1859 -
• Alucita hypocosma (Meyrick, 1934)
• Alucita iberica Scholz & Jäckh, 1994
• Alucita idiocrossa (Meyrick, 1936)
• Alucita illuminatrix (Meyrick, 1929)
• Alucita inflativora Gielis & Buszko, 2009
• Alucita iranensis Scholz & Jäckh, 1994
• Alucita iringiensis Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018
• Alucita ischalea (Meyrick, 1905)
• Alucita ithycypha (Meyrick, 1927) -
• Alucita jana Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 -
• Alucita janeceki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 -
• Alucita japonica (Matsumura, 1931) -
• Alucita jujuyensis (Pastrana, 1954)
• Alucita karadagica Zagulajev, 2000
• Alucita katanga Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 -
• Alucita kazachstanica Gielis, 2003
• Alucita klimeschi Scholz, 1997
• Alucita kosterini Ustjuzhanin, 1999 -
• Alucita lackneri Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita lalannei Landry & Landry, 2004 -
• Alucita libraria (Meyrick, 1911) -
• Alucita lidiya Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 -
• Alucita longipalpella (Caradja, 1939)
• Alucita longipenis Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 -
• Alucita ludmila Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 -
• Alucita lyristis (Meyrick, 1911)
• Alucita mabilabolensis Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita magadis (Meyrick, 1908)
• Alucita major (Rebel, 1906)
• Alucita malawica Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016 -
• Alucita manneringi Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita maxima (Turati, 1924)
• Alucita mayri Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Saldaitis, 2025
• Alucita megaphimus (Hering, 1917) -
• Alucita melanodactyla Legrand, 1966
• Alucita mesolychna (Meyrick, 1908)
• Alucita microdesma (Meyrick, 1929) -
• Alucita micrographa (Diakonoff, 1954) -
• Alucita microscopica (Fletcher, 1910)
• Alucita mischenini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 -
• Alucita molliflua (Meyrick, 1927) -
• Alucita montana Barnes & Lindsey, 1921 -
• Alucita montigena (Fletcher, 1910)
• Alucita mulciber (Meyrick, 1932)
• Alucita murphy Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016
• Alucita murzini Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016
• Alucita nannodactyla (Rebel, 1907)
• Alucita nasuta Zeller, 1877
• Alucita nephelotoxa (Meyrick, 1908)
• Alucita niphadosema (Diakonoff, 1954) -
• Alucita niphostrota (Meyrick, 1908)
• Alucita nipsana Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita nubifera (Meyrick, 1921)
• Alucita nyasa Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016
• Alucita objurgatella (Walsingham, 1907)
• Alucita ochraspis (Meyrick, 1929) -
• Alucita ochriprota (Hering, 1917) -
• Alucita ochrobasalis van Mastrigt & Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita ochrozona (Meyrick, 1907)
• Alucita olga Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018 -
• Alucita ordubadi Zagulajev, 2000
• Alucita palodactyla Zeller, 1847
• Alucita panduris (Meyrick, 1911)
• Alucita panolbia (Walsingham, 1915)
• Alucita papuaensis Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita patria (Meyrick, 1921)
• Alucita pectinata Scholz & Jäckh, 1994
• Alucita pepperella Whalley, 1962
• Alucita phanerarcha (Meyrick, 1924) -
• Alucita philomela (Meyrick, 1937)
• Alucita photaula (Meyrick, 1918) -
• Alucita phricodes Meyrick, 1886
• Alucita pinalea (Meyrick, 1908)
• Alucita pliginskii Zagulajev, 2000
• Alucita plumigera (Strand, 1913) -
• Alucita pluvialis (Meyrick, 1908)
• Alucita postfasciata (Fletcher, 1910)
• Alucita potockyi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024 -
• Alucita proseni (Pastrana, 1951)
• Alucita pselioxantha (Meyrick, 1929)
• Alucita pseudohuebner Scholz, 1997
• Alucita pterochroma (Clarke, 1986)
• Alucita punctiferella Walker, 1866
• Alucita pusilla Hashimoto, 1984
• Alucita pygmaea Meyrick, 1890
• Alucita pyrczi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024 -
• Alucita rhaptica (Meyrick, 1920) -
• Alucita rhymotoma (Meyrick, 1921)
• Alucita riggii (Orfila, 1949)
• Alucita romieuxi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 -
• Alucita ruens (Meyrick, 1929)
• Alucita rutteni Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita safi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 -
• Alucita sailtavica Zagulajev, 1993
• Alucita sedlaceki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024 -
• Alucita semophantis (Meyrick, 1929) -
• Alucita sertifera (Meyrick, 1921)
• Alucita seychellensis (Fletcher, 1910) -
• Alucita sikkima Moore, 1887
• Alucita snezhinka Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2018
• Alucita sochivkoi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2016
• Alucita sokolovi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024 -
• Alucita spicifera (Meyrick, 1911) -
• Alucita sroczki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024 -
• Alucita stephanopis (Meyrick, 1921)
• Alucita straminea Hashimoto, 1984
• Alucita sycophanta (Meyrick, 1906)
• Alucita tandilensis (Pastrana, 1960)
• Alucita tatjana Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 -
• Alucita tesserata (Meyrick, 1918) -
• Alucita thapsina (Meyrick, 1905)
• Alucita tonda Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2024 -
• Alucita toxophila (Meyrick, 1906)
• Alucita trachydesma (Meyrick, 1929)
• Alucita trachyptera (Meyrick, 1906)
• Alucita tricausta (Meyrick, 1908)
• Alucita tridentata Scholz & Jäckh, 1994
• Alucita tropeki Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 -
• Alucita udovichenkoi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2019 -
• Alucita vanmastrigti Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita walmakensis Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita wamenaensis Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita withaari Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita xanthodes Meyrick, 1890
• Alucita xanthosticta (Turner, 1923)
• Alucita xanthozona (Clarke, 1986) [Ist ein Homonym von (z.Z. kein Ersatzname): Orneodes xanthozona Diakonoff, 1954]
• Alucita xanthozona (Diakonoff, 1954) -
• Alucita zinovievi Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2016 -
• Alucita zonodactyla Zeller, 1847
• Alucita zumkehri Gielis, 2009 -
• Alucita zuza Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020 -
• Alucita zwieri Gielis, 2009 -

Äquatorialguinea, Äthiopien, Argentinien, Armenien, Aserbaidschan, Australien, Belarus, Belgien, Belize, Benin, Bolivien, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Brasilien, Bulgarien, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Dänemark, Demokratische Republik Kongo, Deutschland, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Französisch-Guayana, Gabun, Georgien, Ghana, Griechenland, Guatemala, Indien, Indonesien, Iran, Irland, Israel, Italien, Jamaika, Japan, Kamerun, Kanada, Kasachstan, Kenia, Kolumbien, Kroatien, Lettland, Libanon, Liberia, Libyen, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Madagaskar, Malawi, Malta, Marokko, Mexiko, Moldavien, Mosambik, Namibia, Niederlande, Nigeria, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Österreich, Papua-Neuguinea, Paraguay, Philippinen, Polen, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Republik Kongo, Réunion, Rumänien, Russische Föderation, Salomonen, Samoa, São Tomé und Príncipe, Saudi-Arabien, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Seychellen, Simbabwe, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Sri Lanka, Südafrika, Syrien, Tadschikistan, Tansania, Tschechien, Türkei, Tunesien, Uganda, Ukraine, Ungarn, Usbekistan, Vereinigte Staaten, Vereinigtes Königreich, Zentralafrikanische Republik und Zypern.

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Informationen auf anderen Webseiten (externe Links)

• De Prins, J., De Prins, W. & Goff, R. (2011-2024): Afromoths: Gattung Alucita, Zugriff am 22.07.2025
• Hobern, D. (2025): Family Alucitidae. In: Catalogue of the Alucitoidea of the World, Version 1.1.25.056, Zugriff am 22.07.2025
• Lepiforum: Gattung Alucita, Zugriff am 22.07.2025

• 22.07.2025 - Anpassung an Hobern (2025): Alucita mayri und Alucita xanthozona hinzugefügt, Alucita araxella, Alucita tanzanica und Alucita ussurica entfernt, da synonymisiert sowie Alucita baihua in die Gattung Pterotopteryx transferiert
• 12.05.2024 - 121 Arten gem. den neuen Quellen Gielis (2003), De Prins et al. (2011-2024 und Hobern (2024) hinzugefügt
• 09.05.2024 - Alucita armstrongi und Alucita hendriki mit Quelle Kovtunovich et al. (2021) hinzugefügt
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