Dowdy 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

55 countriessrc for Countries on record

The dowdy plume is listed for 55 countries.

The same countries as a list

1. Albania
2. Andorra
3. Australia
4. Austria
5. Belgium
6. Bhutan
7. Bosnia & Herzegovina
8. Bulgaria
9. China
10. Congo - Kinshasa
11. Croatia
12. Cyprus
13. Czechia
14. Denmark
15. Ecuador
16. Ethiopia
17. Finland
18. France
19. Germany
20. Greece
21. Hungary
22. India
23. Iran
24. Italy
25. Japan
26. Kenya
27. Luxembourg
28. Madagascar
29. Malawi
30. Malta
31. Mexico
32. Mongolia
33. Montenegro
34. Nepal
35. Netherlands
36. New Zealand
37. North Macedonia
38. Paraguay
39. Philippines
40. Poland

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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumArthropoda
3. classInsecta
4. orderLepidoptera
5. familyPterophoridae
6. genusStenoptilia
7. SpeciesStenoptilia zophodactylus (Duponchel, 1840)

Synonyms Mimaeseoptilus zophodactylus, Mimeseoptilus semicostatus, Pterophorus canalis, Pterophorus loewii, Pterophorus loividactyla, Pterophorus nyctidactylus, Pterophorus oreodactylus, Pterophorus zophodactylus, Stenoptilia canalis, Stenoptilia loewii, Stenoptilia semicostatus

Catalogue of Life

CompareDowdy plume vs Brown plumeDowdy plume vs Mountain plumeDowdy plume vs Twin-spot plumeDowdy plume vs Gentian plume

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@misc{dowdy_plume_2026,
  title = {Dowdy plume (Stenoptilia zophodactylus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dowdy-plume},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}