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Marigold plume moth

Platyptilia williamsii Grinnell, 1908

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The marigold plume moth (Platyptilia williamsii) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Canada and United States.

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Quick facts about the marigold 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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the marigold 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 marigold plume moth is listed for 2 countries.

CanadaUnited States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the marigold 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 marigold plume moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusPlatyptilia
  7. SpeciesPlatyptilia williamsii Grinnell, 1908
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Calendula plume mothEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the marigold plume moth

Other species in the same genus Platyptilia.

Hoary plume

Platyptilia isodactylus

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

Irish plume

Platyptilia tesseradactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the marigold plume moth live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the marigold plume moth for 2 countries: Canada and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the marigold plume moth?

The marigold plume moth (Platyptilia williamsii) 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). Marigold plume moth (Platyptilia williamsii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/marigold-plume-moth

MLA

“Marigold plume moth (Platyptilia williamsii).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/marigold-plume-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{marigold_plume_moth_2026,
  title = {Marigold plume moth (Platyptilia williamsii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/marigold-plume-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}