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Grape plume moth

Nippoptilia vitis (Sasaki, 1913)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The grape plume moth (Nippoptilia vitis) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 10 countries, including Australia, Bhutan and China.

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Quick facts about the grape 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
10 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the grape 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 grape plume moth is listed for 10 countries.

ThailandVietnamSouth KoreaIndiaBhutanNepalAustraliaChinaTaiwanJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia
  2. Bhutan
  3. China
  4. India
  5. Japan
  6. Nepal
  7. South Korea
  8. Taiwan
  9. Thailand
  10. Vietnam

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the grape 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 grape plume moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusNippoptilia
  7. SpeciesNippoptilia vitis (Sasaki, 1913)

Synonyms Oxyptilus formosanus, Stenoptilia vitis

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • ブドウトリバJapanese
  • 포도애털날개나방Korean

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the grape plume moth

Other species in the same genus Nippoptilia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the grape plume moth live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the grape plume moth for 10 countries, including Australia, Bhutan, China, India and Japan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the grape plume moth?

The grape plume moth (Nippoptilia vitis) 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). Grape plume moth (Nippoptilia vitis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/nippoptilia-vitis

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“Grape plume moth (Nippoptilia vitis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/nippoptilia-vitis.

BibTeX
@misc{nippoptilia_vitis_2026,
  title = {Grape plume moth (Nippoptilia vitis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/nippoptilia-vitis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}