Prothinodes arvicola
Status not recordedbutterflies and moths
Prothinodes arvicola is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.
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Quick facts about Prothinodes arvicola
- 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 Prothinodes arvicola 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.
Prothinodes arvicola is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is Prothinodes arvicola 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 Prothinodes arvicola classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera
- familyTineidae
- genusProthinodes
- SpeciesProthinodes arvicola Meyrick, 1924
Relatives of Prothinodes arvicola
Other species in the same genus Prothinodes.
CompareProthinodes arvicola vs Prothinodes grammocosmaProthinodes arvicola vs Prothinodes lutata
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does Prothinodes arvicola live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list Prothinodes arvicola for 1 country: South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is Prothinodes arvicola?
Prothinodes arvicola (Prothinodes arvicola) belongs to the family Tineidae in the order Lepidoptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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