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Emmelina aethes

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Emmelina aethes is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Mexico and Venezuela.

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Quick facts about Emmelina aethes

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Emmelina aethes 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.

Emmelina aethes is listed for 2 countries.

MexicoVenezuela
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Mexico
  2. Venezuela

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Emmelina aethes 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 Emmelina aethes classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusEmmelina
  7. SpeciesEmmelina aethes (Walsingham, 1915)

Synonyms Pterophorus aethes

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Emmelina aethes

Other species in the same genus Emmelina.

T moth

Emmelina monodactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Where does Emmelina aethes live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Emmelina aethes for 2 countries: Mexico and Venezuela. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Emmelina aethes?

Emmelina aethes (Emmelina aethes) 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). Emmelina aethes (Emmelina aethes). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/emmelina-aethes

MLA

“Emmelina aethes (Emmelina aethes).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/emmelina-aethes.

BibTeX
@misc{emmelina_aethes_2026,
  title = {Emmelina aethes (Emmelina aethes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/emmelina-aethes},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}