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Pterophorus ischnodactyla

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Pterophorus ischnodactyla is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 31 countries, including Albania, Algeria and Austria.

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Quick facts about Pterophorus ischnodactyla

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
31 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Pterophorus ischnodactyla 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.

Pterophorus ischnodactyla is listed for 31 countries.

Dem. Rep. CongoSouth AfricaFranceIsraelLebanonAlgeriaIraqOmanMongoliaPakistanIranSyriaUkraineAustriaHungaryRomaniaBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaBelgiumSpainItalySlovakiaYemenLibyaBosnia and Herz.Macedonia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Algeria
  3. Austria
  4. Bahrain
  5. Belgium
  6. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  7. Bulgaria
  8. Congo - Kinshasa
  9. Croatia
  10. France
  11. Greece
  12. Hungary
  13. Iran
  14. Iraq
  15. Israel
  16. Italy
  17. Lebanon
  18. Libya
  19. Malta
  20. Mongolia
  21. North Macedonia
  22. Oman
  23. Pakistan
  24. Romania
  25. Slovakia
  26. South Africa
  27. Spain
  28. Syria
  29. Türkiye
  30. Ukraine
  31. Yemen

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pterophorus ischnodactyla 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 Pterophorus ischnodactyla classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusPterophorus
  7. SpeciesPterophorus ischnodactyla (Treitschke, 1833)

Synonyms Aciptilia actinodactyla, Aciptilia eburnella, Alucita ischnodactyla, Pterophorus actinodactyla, Pterophorus eburnella

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pterophorus ischnodactyla

Other species in the same genus Pterophorus.

White plume

Pterophorus pentadactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

Araliad plume

Pterophorus monospilalis

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Pterophorus ischnodactyla live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Pterophorus ischnodactyla for 31 countries, including Albania, Algeria, Austria, Bahrain and Belgium. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Pterophorus ischnodactyla?

Pterophorus ischnodactyla (Pterophorus ischnodactyla) 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). Pterophorus ischnodactyla (Pterophorus ischnodactyla). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pterophorus-ischnodactyla

MLA

“Pterophorus ischnodactyla (Pterophorus ischnodactyla).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pterophorus-ischnodactyla.

BibTeX
@misc{pterophorus_ischnodactyla_2026,
  title = {Pterophorus ischnodactyla (Pterophorus ischnodactyla)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pterophorus-ischnodactyla},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}