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Microschismus premnias

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Microschismus premnias 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 premnias

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 premnias 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 premnias is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Microschismus premnias 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 premnias classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyAlucitidae
  6. genusMicroschismus
  7. SpeciesMicroschismus premnias Meyrick, 1913

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Microschismus premnias

Other species in the same genus Microschismus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Microschismus premnias live?

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

What kind of animal is Microschismus premnias?

Microschismus premnias (Microschismus premnias) 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 premnias (Microschismus premnias). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/microschismus-premnias

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{microschismus_premnias_2026,
  title = {Microschismus premnias (Microschismus premnias)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/microschismus-premnias},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}