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Sri Lanka plume moth

Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The sri lanka plume moth (Stenoptilodes taprobanes) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 47 countries, including Albania, Australia and Bahamas.

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Quick facts about the sri lanka 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
47 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the sri lanka 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 sri lanka plume moth is listed for 47 countries.

TanzaniaUnited States of AmericaIndonesiaDem. Rep. CongoKenyaChadBahamasSouth AfricaBoliviaFranceZimbabweBotswanaNamibiaMaliNigeriaCameroonCôte d'IvoireGuineaSierra LeoneMalawiMadagascarThailandLaosVietnamIndiaBhutanBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaPortugalSpainAustraliaSri LankaChinaItalyFinlandJapanParaguayCyprusLibyaEthiopia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Australia
  3. Bahamas
  4. Bhutan
  5. Bolivia
  6. Botswana
  7. Bulgaria
  8. Cameroon
  9. Cape Verde
  10. Chad
  11. China
  12. Congo - Kinshasa
  13. Côte d’Ivoire
  14. Cyprus
  15. Ethiopia
  16. Finland
  17. France
  18. French Guiana
  19. Greece
  20. Guinea
  21. India
  22. Indonesia
  23. Italy
  24. Japan
  25. Kenya
  26. Laos
  27. Libya
  28. Madagascar
  29. Malawi
  30. Mali
  31. Malta
  32. Namibia
  33. Nigeria
  34. Paraguay
  35. Portugal
  36. Réunion
  37. Seychelles
  38. Sierra Leone
  39. South Africa
  40. Spain
Show 7 more countries
  1. Sri Lanka
  2. Tanzania
  3. Thailand
  4. Türkiye
  5. United States
  6. Vietnam
  7. Zimbabwe

Is the sri lanka 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 sri lanka plume moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusStenoptilodes
  7. SpeciesStenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Synonyms Amblyptila taprobanes, Amblyptilia seeboldi, Amblyptilia taprobanes, Amblyptilia zavatterii, Paraplatyptilia taprobanes, Platyptilia brachymorpha, Platyptilia legrandi, Platyptilia monotrigona, Platyptilia seeboldi, Platyptilia terlizzii, Stenoptilodes brachymorpha, Stenoptilodes legrandi, Stenoptilodes seeboldi, Stenoptilodes terlizzii, Stenoptilodes vittata, Stenoptilodes zavatterii, Stenoptiloides taprobanes

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • عثة سريلانكا الريشيةArabic
  • vaellussulkanenFinnish
  • トキンソウトリバJapanese
  • 갈색털날개나방Korean
  • 褐擬小羽蛾Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sri lanka plume moth

Other species in the same genus Stenoptilodes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the sri lanka plume moth live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the sri lanka plume moth for 47 countries, including Albania, Australia, Bahamas, Bhutan and Bolivia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the sri lanka plume moth?

The sri lanka plume moth (Stenoptilodes taprobanes) 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). Sri Lanka plume moth (Stenoptilodes taprobanes). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sri-lanka-plume-moth

MLA

“Sri Lanka plume moth (Stenoptilodes taprobanes).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sri-lanka-plume-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{sri_lanka_plume_moth_2026,
  title = {Sri Lanka plume moth (Stenoptilodes taprobanes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sri-lanka-plume-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}