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Apoxyptilus steineri

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Apoxyptilus steineri is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Madagascar.

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Quick facts about Apoxyptilus steineri

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Apoxyptilus steineri live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Apoxyptilus steineri is listed for 1 country.

Madagascar
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Madagascar

Is Apoxyptilus steineri endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Apoxyptilus steineri classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusApoxyptilus
  7. SpeciesApoxyptilus steineri Gielis, 2011

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Apoxyptilus steineri

Other species in the same genus Apoxyptilus.

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Common questions

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Where does Apoxyptilus steineri live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Apoxyptilus steineri for 1 country: Madagascar. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Apoxyptilus steineri?

Apoxyptilus steineri (Apoxyptilus steineri) belongs to the family Pterophoridae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Apoxyptilus steineri (Apoxyptilus steineri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/apoxyptilus-steineri

MLA

“Apoxyptilus steineri (Apoxyptilus steineri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/apoxyptilus-steineri.

BibTeX
@misc{apoxyptilus_steineri_2026,
  title = {Apoxyptilus steineri (Apoxyptilus steineri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/apoxyptilus-steineri},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}