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Microschismus alida

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Microschismus alida is a species in the family Alucitidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.

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Quick facts about Microschismus alida

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 Microschismus alida 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.

Microschismus alida is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Is Microschismus alida 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 Microschismus alida classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyAlucitidae
  6. genusMicroschismus
  7. SpeciesMicroschismus alida Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Microschismus alida

Other species in the same genus Microschismus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Microschismus alida live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Microschismus alida for 1 country: South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Microschismus alida?

Microschismus alida (Microschismus alida) belongs to the family Alucitidae 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). Microschismus alida (Microschismus alida). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/microschismus-alida

MLA

“Microschismus alida (Microschismus alida).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/microschismus-alida.

BibTeX
@misc{microschismus_alida_2026,
  title = {Microschismus alida (Microschismus alida)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/microschismus-alida},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}