Irish plume
Platyptilia tesseradactyla (Linnaeus, 1761)
Status not recordedbutterflies and moths
The irish plume (Platyptilia tesseradactyla) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 30 countries, including Armenia, Austria and Belarus.
No freely licensed photo yet
Quick facts about the irish 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
- 30 countriessrc for Countries on record
Where does the irish plume 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 irish plume is listed for 30 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is the irish plume 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 irish plume classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera
- familyPterophoridae
- genusPlatyptilia
- SpeciesPlatyptilia tesseradactyla (Linnaeus, 1761)
Synonyms Amblyptilia cosmodactyla var. hibernica, Phalaena tesseradactyla, Platyptilia hibernica, Pterophorus fischeri
Other names and names in other languages (11)
- Irish plume mothEnglish
- Pussytoes plume mothEnglish
- pernatuška kociánkováCzech
- KattefodfjermølDanish
- Graue Katzenpfötchen-FedermotteGerman
- käpäläsulkanenFinnish
- kattefotfjærmøllNorwegian Bokmål
- kattefotfjørmøllNorwegian Nynorsk
- pierkavec plešivcovýSlovak
- kattfotfjädermottSwedish
- kattfotsfjädermottSwedish
Relatives of the irish plume
Other species in the same genus Platyptilia.
Triangle plume
Platyptilia gonodactyla
Goldenrod plume
Platyptilia calodactyla
Artichoke plume moth
Platyptilia carduidactylus
Hoary plume
Platyptilia isodactylus
Spotted wide-winged plume moth
Platyptilia celidotus
Alpine plume moth
Platyptilia charadrias
CompareIrish plume vs Triangle plumeIrish plume vs Goldenrod plumeIrish plume vs Artichoke plume mothIrish plume vs Hoary plume
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does the irish plume live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the irish plume for 30 countries, including Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium and Bulgaria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the irish plume?
The irish plume (Platyptilia tesseradactyla) 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.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
Embed a card for this animal on your own site
Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.
CreatureData. (2026). Irish plume (Platyptilia tesseradactyla). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/irish-plume
“Irish plume (Platyptilia tesseradactyla).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/irish-plume.
@misc{irish_plume_2026,
title = {Irish plume (Platyptilia tesseradactyla)},
author = {{CreatureData}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/irish-plume},
note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}