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Downes's plume moth

Oidaematophorus downesi McDunnough, 1927

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The downes's plume moth (Oidaematophorus downesi) 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 downes's 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 downes's 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 downes's 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 downes's 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 downes's plume moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusOidaematophorus
  7. SpeciesOidaematophorus downesi McDunnough, 1927

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the downes's plume moth

Other species in the same genus Oidaematophorus.

Dusky plume

Oidaematophorus lithodactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Where does the downes's plume moth live?

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

What kind of animal is the downes's plume moth?

The downes's plume moth (Oidaematophorus downesi) 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). Downes's plume moth (Oidaematophorus downesi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/downess-plume-moth

MLA

“Downes's plume moth (Oidaematophorus downesi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/downess-plume-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{downess_plume_moth_2026,
  title = {Downes's plume moth (Oidaematophorus downesi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/downess-plume-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}