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Everlasting plume moth

Hellinsia phoebus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The everlasting plume moth (Hellinsia phoebus) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: United States.

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Quick facts about the everlasting 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 everlasting 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 everlasting plume moth is listed for 1 country.

United States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the everlasting 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 everlasting plume moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusHellinsia
  7. SpeciesHellinsia phoebus (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)

Synonyms Oidaematophorus phoebus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the everlasting plume moth

Other species in the same genus Hellinsia.

Citron plume

Hellinsia carphodactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

Mugwort plume

Hellinsia lienigianus

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

Plain plume

Hellinsia tephradactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Where does the everlasting plume moth live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the everlasting plume moth for 1 country: United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the everlasting plume moth?

The everlasting plume moth (Hellinsia phoebus) belongs to the family Pterophoridae in the order Lepidoptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Everlasting plume moth (Hellinsia phoebus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/everlasting-plume-moth

MLA

“Everlasting plume moth (Hellinsia phoebus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/everlasting-plume-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{everlasting_plume_moth_2026,
  title = {Everlasting plume moth (Hellinsia phoebus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/everlasting-plume-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}