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Crassuncus defectus

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about Crassuncus defectus

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 Crassuncus defectus 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.

Crassuncus defectus is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Madagascar

Is Crassuncus defectus 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 Crassuncus defectus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusCrassuncus
  7. SpeciesCrassuncus defectus (Bigot & Luquet, 1991)

Synonyms Pterophorus defectus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Crassuncus defectus

Other species in the same genus Crassuncus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Crassuncus defectus live?

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

What kind of animal is Crassuncus defectus?

Crassuncus defectus (Crassuncus defectus) 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). Crassuncus defectus (Crassuncus defectus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/crassuncus-defectus

MLA

“Crassuncus defectus (Crassuncus defectus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/crassuncus-defectus.

BibTeX
@misc{crassuncus_defectus_2026,
  title = {Crassuncus defectus (Crassuncus defectus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/crassuncus-defectus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}