#2570 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Twenty-plume Moth
🇳🇱 Waaiermot ·Alucita hexadactyla
🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Wageningen, Nederland
📍 Amsterdam - Noord
📍 9204 EB Drachten, Nederland
📍 Pieterburen, Netherlands
📍 9204 EB Drachten, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Erland Refling Nielsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Alan Melville · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © bramblejungle · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Julian Oliver · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © ALLEMAND Guillaume · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Wageningen, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Amsterdam - Noord:© Stan van Remmerden · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 9204 EB Drachten, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Pieterburen, Netherlands:© Michael Bakker Paiva · CC BY 4.0
- 10. 9204 EB Drachten, Nederland:© joas12 · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The twenty-plume moth ( Alucita hexadactyla ) is a "micromoth" of the many-plumed moth family (Alucitidae). It is found in Europe and has been introduced into North America.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 143 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,616 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Twenty-plume Moth
- Nederlands
- Waaiermot
- scientific name
- Alucita hexadactyla
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Alucitidae
- sightings in NL
- 143
- sightings in Europe
- 6,313
- sightings worldwide
- 6,616
- GBIF records in NL
- 12,622
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 70203, Wikidata Q163695, GBIF 1992504, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.