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Short-winged plume

Pselnophorus heterodactyla (Müller, 1764)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The short-winged plume (Pselnophorus heterodactyla) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 29 countries, including Austria, Belgium and Bosnia & Herzegovina.

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Quick facts about the short-winged plume

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
29 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the short-winged plume 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 short-winged plume is listed for 29 countries.

KazakhstanRussiaNorwayFranceSwedenUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaBosnia and Herz.
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Åland Islands
  2. Austria
  3. Belgium
  4. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  5. Bulgaria
  6. Croatia
  7. Czechia
  8. Denmark
  9. Estonia
  10. Finland
  11. France
  12. Germany
  13. Greece
  14. Hungary
  15. Italy
  16. Kazakhstan
  17. Latvia
  18. Lithuania
  19. Luxembourg
  20. Netherlands
  21. Norway
  22. Poland
  23. Romania
  24. Russia
  25. Slovakia
  26. Sweden
  27. Switzerland
  28. Ukraine
  29. United Kingdom

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the short-winged plume 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 short-winged plume classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusPselnophorus
  7. SpeciesPselnophorus heterodactyla (Müller, 1764)

Synonyms Alucita brachydactyla, Oxyptilus brachydactylus, Phalaena heterodactyla, Pselnophorus brachydactylus, Pterophorus aetodactylus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Short-winged plume mothEnglish
  • pernatuška locikováCzech
  • Hasenlattich-FedermotteGerman
  • varjosulkanenFinnish
  • skogsalatfjærmøllNorwegian Bokmål
  • Bruine vedermotDutch
  • skogsalatfjørmøllNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Пальцекрылка разнопалаяRussian
  • pierkavec šalátovkovýSlovak
  • skogssallatfjädermottSwedish
  • skogssallatsfjädermottSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the short-winged plume

Other species in the same genus Pselnophorus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the short-winged plume live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the short-winged plume for 29 countries, including Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria and Croatia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the short-winged plume?

The short-winged plume (Pselnophorus heterodactyla) 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). Short-winged plume (Pselnophorus heterodactyla). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-winged-plume

MLA

“Short-winged plume (Pselnophorus heterodactyla).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-winged-plume.

BibTeX
@misc{short_winged_plume_2026,
  title = {Short-winged plume (Pselnophorus heterodactyla)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-winged-plume},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}