Pterophorus niveodactyla
Status not recordedbutterflies and moths
Pterophorus niveodactyla is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: China and Papua New Guinea.
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Quick facts about Pterophorus niveodactyla
- 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
- 2 countriessrc for Countries on record
Where does Pterophorus niveodactyla 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 niveodactyla is listed for 2 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is Pterophorus niveodactyla 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 niveodactyla classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera
- familyPterophoridae
- genusPterophorus
- SpeciesPterophorus niveodactyla (Pagenstecher, 1900)
Synonyms Aciptilia niveodactyla
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- 甘藷白鳥羽蛾Chinese
Relatives of Pterophorus niveodactyla
Other species in the same genus Pterophorus.
White plume
Pterophorus pentadactyla
Araliad plume
Pterophorus monospilalis
Pittosporum plume
Pterophorus furcatalis
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does Pterophorus niveodactyla live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list Pterophorus niveodactyla for 2 countries: China and Papua New Guinea. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is Pterophorus niveodactyla?
Pterophorus niveodactyla (Pterophorus niveodactyla) 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.
- 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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