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Spiderling plume moth

Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The spiderling plume moth (Megalorhipida leucodactylus) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 71 countries, including Argentina, Australia and Bahamas.

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Quick facts about the spiderling 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
71 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the spiderling 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 spiderling plume moth is listed for 71 countries.

TanzaniaUnited States of AmericaIndonesiaArgentinaChileDem. Rep. CongoSomaliaKenyaChadBahamasSouth AfricaMexicoBrazilPeruColombiaPanamaVenezuelaSurinameEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaZimbabweNamibiaMaliNigeriaCameroonCôte d'IvoireGuineaLiberiaSierra LeoneMalawieSwatiniIsraelLebanonMadagascarGambiaJordanOmanThailandLaosVietnamIndiaBhutanPakistanIranSpainSolomon Is.AustraliaSri LankaChinaTaiwanItalyMalaysiaParaguayYemenSaudi ArabiaMoroccoEthiopiaUganda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina
  2. Australia
  3. Bahamas
  4. Bhutan
  5. Brazil
  6. Cameroon
  7. Cape Verde
  8. Chad
  9. Chile
  10. China
  11. Colombia
  12. Congo - Kinshasa
  13. Côte d’Ivoire
  14. Ecuador
  15. Eswatini
  16. Ethiopia
  17. French Guiana
  18. Gambia
  19. Guadeloupe
  20. Guinea
  21. India
  22. Indonesia
  23. Iran
  24. Israel
  25. Italy
  26. Jamaica
  27. Jordan
  28. Kenya
  29. Kiribati
  30. Laos
  31. Lebanon
  32. Liberia
  33. Madagascar
  34. Malawi
  35. Malaysia
  36. Maldives
  37. Mali
  38. Marshall Islands
  39. Mauritius
  40. Mexico
Show 31 more countries
  1. Morocco
  2. Namibia
  3. Nigeria
  4. Northern Mariana Islands
  5. Oman
  6. Pakistan
  7. Panama
  8. Paraguay
  9. Peru
  10. Puerto Rico
  11. Réunion
  12. Saudi Arabia
  13. Seychelles
  14. Sierra Leone
  15. Solomon Islands
  16. Somalia
  17. South Africa
  18. Spain
  19. Sri Lanka
  20. St. Vincent & Grenadines
  21. Suriname
  22. Taiwan
  23. Tanzania
  24. Thailand
  25. U.S. Virgin Islands
  26. Uganda
  27. United States
  28. Venezuela
  29. Vietnam
  30. Yemen
  31. Zimbabwe

Is the spiderling 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 spiderling plume moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusMegalorhipida
  7. SpeciesMegalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)

Synonyms Aciptilia hawaiiensis, Megalophipida defectalis, Megalorhipida adelphodes, Megalorhipida centetes, Megalorhipida compsochares, Megalorhipida congrualis, Megalorhipida defectalis, Megalorhipida derelictus, Megalorhipida hawaiiensis, Megalorhipida ochrodactylus, Megalorhipida oxydactylus, Megalorhipida palaestinensis, Megalorhipida ralumensis, Megalorrhipida defectalis, Megalorrhipida leucodactyla, Pretophorus leucodactylus, Pterophorus congrualis, Pterophorus defectalis, Pterophorus leucodactylus, Pterophorus oxydactylus, Pterophurus defectalis, Trichoptilus adelphodes, Trichoptilus centetes, Trichoptilus compsochares, Trichoptilus derelictus, Trichoptilus ochrodactylus, Trichoptilus oxydactylus, Trichoptilus ralumensis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the spiderling plume moth

Other species in the same genus Megalorhipida.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the spiderling plume moth live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the spiderling plume moth for 71 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bhutan and Brazil. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the spiderling plume moth?

The spiderling plume moth (Megalorhipida leucodactylus) 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). Spiderling plume moth (Megalorhipida leucodactylus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/spiderling-plume-moth

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{spiderling_plume_moth_2026,
  title = {Spiderling plume moth (Megalorhipida leucodactylus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/spiderling-plume-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}