Brown plume
Stenoptilia pterodactyla (Linnaeus, 1761)
Status not recordedbutterflies and moths
The brown plume (Stenoptilia pterodactyla) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 41 countries, including Albania, Andorra and Armenia.
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Quick facts about the brown plume
- 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
- 41 countriessrc for Countries on record
Where does the brown plume 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 brown plume is listed for 41 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
- Albania
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iran
- Ireland
- Italy
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Mongolia
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Türkiye
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Is the brown plume 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 brown plume classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera
- familyPterophoridae
- genusStenoptilia
- SpeciesStenoptilia pterodactyla (Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms Alucita fuscodactyla, Alucita ptilodactyla, Mimaeseoptilus paludicola, Mimaeseoptilus pterodactylus, Phalaena pterodactyla, Pterophorus fuscus, Pterophorus mictidactylus, Stenoptilia fuscodactyla, Stenoptilia fuscus, Stenoptilia paludicola
Other names and names in other languages (13)
- Brown plume mothEnglish
- Speedwell plume mothEnglish
- pernatuška rezekvítkováCzech
- Plu-Wyfyn BrownWelsh
- nurmitädykesulkanenFinnish
- Veronikinis pirštasparnisLithuanian
- tveskjeggveronikafjærmøllNorwegian Bokmål
- EreprijsvedermotDutch
- tviskjeggveronikafjørmøllNorwegian Nynorsk
- Пальцекрылка узкокрылаяRussian
- pierkavec veronikovýSlovak
- teveronikefjädermottSwedish
- Plu-Wyfynod BrownWelsh
Relatives of the brown plume
Other species in the same genus Stenoptilia.
Dowdy plume
Stenoptilia zophodactylus
Mountain plume
Stenoptilia islandicus
Twin-spot plume
Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla
Gentian plume
Stenoptilia pneumonanthes
Small Scabious plume
Stenoptilia annadactyla
Pale-streaked plume moth
Stenoptilia pallistriga
CompareBrown plume vs Dowdy plumeBrown plume vs Mountain plumeBrown plume vs Twin-spot plumeBrown plume vs Gentian plume
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the brown plume live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the brown plume for 41 countries, including Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria and Belarus. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the brown plume?
The brown plume (Stenoptilia pterodactyla) 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.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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