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Starfruit plume moth

Diacrotricha fasciola Zeller, 1852

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The starfruit plume moth (Diacrotricha fasciola) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 14 countries, including Australia, Bhutan and China.

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Quick facts about the starfruit 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
14 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the starfruit 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 starfruit plume moth is listed for 14 countries.

IndonesiaTimor-LesteThailandLaosVietnamIndiaBhutanAustraliaSri LankaChinaTaiwanPhilippinesMalaysiaJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia
  2. Bhutan
  3. China
  4. India
  5. Indonesia
  6. Japan
  7. Laos
  8. Malaysia
  9. Philippines
  10. Sri Lanka
  11. Taiwan
  12. Thailand
  13. Timor-Leste
  14. Vietnam

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the starfruit 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 starfruit plume moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusDiacrotricha
  7. SpeciesDiacrotricha fasciola Zeller, 1852

Synonyms Pterophorus fasciola

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • ゴレンシトリバJapanese
  • 楊桃鳥羽蛾Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the starfruit plume moth

Other species in the same genus Diacrotricha.

CompareStarfruit plume moth vs Diacrotricha guttuligera

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the starfruit plume moth live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the starfruit plume moth for 14 countries, including Australia, Bhutan, China, India and Indonesia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the starfruit plume moth?

The starfruit plume moth (Diacrotricha fasciola) 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). Starfruit plume moth (Diacrotricha fasciola). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/starfruit-plume-moth

MLA

“Starfruit plume moth (Diacrotricha fasciola).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/starfruit-plume-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{starfruit_plume_moth_2026,
  title = {Starfruit plume moth (Diacrotricha fasciola)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/starfruit-plume-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}