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Mountain plume moth

Adaina montanus (Walsingham, 1880)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The mountain plume moth (Adaina montanus) 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 mountain 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 mountain 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 mountain plume moth is listed for 2 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the mountain 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 mountain plume moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAdaina
  7. SpeciesAdaina montanus (Walsingham, 1880)

Synonyms Aciptilus montanus, Pterophorus declivis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mountain plume moth

Other species in the same genus Adaina.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the mountain plume moth live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the mountain 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 mountain plume moth?

The mountain plume moth (Adaina montanus) 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). Mountain plume moth (Adaina montanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-plume-moth

MLA

“Mountain plume moth (Adaina montanus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-plume-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{mountain_plume_moth_2026,
  title = {Mountain plume moth (Adaina montanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-plume-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}