Family
Alucitidae (Many-plumed moths)
Alucita montana. Photo: (c) Jim Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
The Alucitidae or many-plumed moths are a family of moths with unusually modified wings. Both fore- and hind-wings consist of about six rigid spines, from which radiate flexible bristles creating a structure similar to a bird’s feather.