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Oxyptilus mycites

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Oxyptilus mycites is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Taiwan.

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Quick facts about Oxyptilus mycites

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 Oxyptilus mycites 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.

Oxyptilus mycites is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Taiwan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Oxyptilus mycites 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 Oxyptilus mycites classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusOxyptilus
  7. SpeciesOxyptilus mycites Meyrick, 1914

Synonyms Oxyptilia mycites

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Oxyptilus mycites

Other species in the same genus Oxyptilus.

Small plume

Oxyptilus parvidactyla

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Oxyptilus mycites live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Oxyptilus mycites for 1 country: Taiwan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Oxyptilus mycites?

Oxyptilus mycites (Oxyptilus mycites) 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). Oxyptilus mycites (Oxyptilus mycites). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/oxyptilus-mycites

MLA

“Oxyptilus mycites (Oxyptilus mycites).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/oxyptilus-mycites.

BibTeX
@misc{oxyptilus_mycites_2026,
  title = {Oxyptilus mycites (Oxyptilus mycites)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oxyptilus-mycites},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}