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Sage plume moth

Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla (Dyar, 1902)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The sage plume moth (Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: United States.

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Quick facts about the sage plume moth

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 the sage plume moth 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.

The sage plume moth is listed for 1 country.

United States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the sage plume moth 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 the sage plume moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusAnstenoptilia
  7. SpeciesAnstenoptilia marmarodactyla (Dyar, 1902)

Synonyms Platyptilia marmarodactyla, Platyptilia marmorodactyla, Platyptilia pasadenensis

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Polilla pluma del mirtoSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sage plume moth

Other species in the same genus Anstenoptilia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the sage plume moth live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the sage plume moth for 1 country: United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the sage plume moth?

The sage plume moth (Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla) 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). Sage plume moth (Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sage-plume-moth

MLA

“Sage plume moth (Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sage-plume-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{sage_plume_moth_2026,
  title = {Sage plume moth (Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sage-plume-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}