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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Many-plume Moths (Alucitoidea) » Many-plume Moths (Alucitidae) » Alucita

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Copyright © 2016 Phil Nosler

Alucita montana? - Alucita

Damascus, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA
February 6, 2016
Size: 1 cm

Hi, everyone

I'm guessing this is Alucita montana based on range. Can anybody confirm that that is indeed what it is? Also, does anybody know if there are any other genera of similar moths in the pacific northwest?

Thanks,
Phil

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Contributed by Phil Nosler on 8 February, 2016 - 9:29pm
Last updated 10 February, 2016 - 11:16pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Lee Penner, 10 February, 2016 - 11:16pm

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Montana

Such moths are being IDed pretty extensively on iNaturalist

… Bob OBrien, 26 December, 2023 - 10:25pm

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montana or adriendenisi

Three species in North America:

A. montana flies in Oregon.
A. adriendenisi flies in B.C., so it might be in Oregon, too.
A. lalannei flies in Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario only.

A. montana has white along the leading (top) edge of the wing - not visible in your photo.

… Lee Penner, 10 February, 2016 - 11:16pm

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I'm just a few miles from Phil's submission

Here is a moth IDed as Montana but no white leading edge to the wings

.
Here is one I photographed inside my house in Carver, a few miles from Damascus,

. Appears very similar to Phil's submission.
Finally, here is a record of A. adriendenis

from AZ, appears much paler.
Post-finally. Here are
3 more images of A. montana, some showing white edge, others not.

… Bob OBrien, 30 October, 2022 - 1:19pm

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Montana

Here are a lot of records from iNaturalist

… Bob OBrien, 26 December, 2023 - 10:19pm

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Alucita sp.

Thanks for the identification help! Is the white along the wing usually very prominent?

… Phil Nosler, 19 February, 2016 - 1:08am

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