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Arctic plume moth

Paraplatyptilia petrodactylus (Walker, 1864)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The Arctic plume moth (Paraplatyptilia petrodactylus) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Canada.

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Quick facts about the Arctic plume moth

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 the Arctic plume moth 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.

The Arctic plume moth is listed for 1 country.

Canada
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Canada

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the Arctic plume moth 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 the Arctic plume moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusParaplatyptilia
  7. SpeciesParaplatyptilia petrodactylus (Walker, 1864)

Synonyms Pterophorus petrodactylus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the Arctic plume moth

Other species in the same genus Paraplatyptilia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the Arctic plume moth live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the Arctic plume moth for 1 country: Canada. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the Arctic plume moth?

The Arctic plume moth (Paraplatyptilia petrodactylus) 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). Arctic plume moth (Paraplatyptilia petrodactylus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/arctic-plume-moth

MLA

“Arctic plume moth (Paraplatyptilia petrodactylus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/arctic-plume-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{arctic_plume_moth_2026,
  title = {Arctic plume moth (Paraplatyptilia petrodactylus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/arctic-plume-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}