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Oxyptilus praedator

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about Oxyptilus praedator

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 praedator 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 praedator is listed for 1 country.

India
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. India

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Oxyptilus praedator 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 praedator classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusOxyptilus
  7. SpeciesOxyptilus praedator Meyrick, 1910

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Oxyptilus praedator

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 praedator live?

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

What kind of animal is Oxyptilus praedator?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{oxyptilus_praedator_2026,
  title = {Oxyptilus praedator (Oxyptilus praedator)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oxyptilus-praedator},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}