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Setosipennula viettei

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Setosipennula viettei is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Madagascar.

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Quick facts about Setosipennula viettei

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 Setosipennula viettei 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.

Setosipennula viettei is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Madagascar

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Setosipennula viettei 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 Setosipennula viettei classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusSetosipennula
  7. SpeciesSetosipennula viettei Gibeaux, 1994

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Setosipennula viettei

Other species in the same family Pterophoridae.

White plume

Pterophorus pentadactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

T moth

Emmelina monodactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

Rose plume

Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

Brown plume

Stenoptilia pterodactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Setosipennula viettei live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Setosipennula viettei for 1 country: Madagascar. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Setosipennula viettei?

Setosipennula viettei (Setosipennula viettei) 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). Setosipennula viettei (Setosipennula viettei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/setosipennula-viettei

MLA

“Setosipennula viettei (Setosipennula viettei).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/setosipennula-viettei.

BibTeX
@misc{setosipennula_viettei_2026,
  title = {Setosipennula viettei (Setosipennula viettei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/setosipennula-viettei},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}