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Stenoptilia aridus

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Stenoptilia aridus is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 21 countries, including Afghanistan, Albania and Armenia.

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Quick facts about Stenoptilia aridus

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
21 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Stenoptilia aridus 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.

Stenoptilia aridus is listed for 21 countries.

KazakhstanRussiaFranceAfghanistanIranArmeniaBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandSpainItalyDenmarkGeorgiaBosnia and Herz.MacedoniaSerbiaMontenegro
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Albania
  3. Armenia
  4. Bosnia & Herzegovina
  5. Bulgaria
  6. Croatia
  7. Denmark
  8. France
  9. Georgia
  10. Greece
  11. Iran
  12. Italy
  13. Kazakhstan
  14. Malta
  15. Montenegro
  16. North Macedonia
  17. Russia
  18. Serbia
  19. Spain
  20. Switzerland
  21. Türkiye

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Stenoptilia aridus 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 Stenoptilia aridus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusStenoptilia
  7. SpeciesStenoptilia aridus (Zeller, 1847)

Synonyms Pterophorus aridus, Stenoptilia csanadyi, Stenoptilia gallobritannidactylus, Stenoptilia grisescens, Stenoptilia inopinata, Stenoptilia linariae, Stenoptilia mariaeluisae, Stenoptilia mariaeluisiae, Stenoptilia oxyactis, Stenoptilia romanae, Stenoptilia stigmatodactyla grisescens, Stenoptilia stigmatodactyla var. grisescens

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • sandfjädermottSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Stenoptilia aridus

Other species in the same genus Stenoptilia.

Brown plume

Stenoptilia pterodactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

Dowdy plume

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

Gentian plume

Stenoptilia pneumonanthes

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

CompareStenoptilia aridus vs Brown plumeStenoptilia aridus vs Dowdy plumeStenoptilia aridus vs Mountain plumeStenoptilia aridus vs Twin-spot plume

Common questions

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Where does Stenoptilia aridus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Stenoptilia aridus for 21 countries, including Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Bulgaria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Stenoptilia aridus?

Stenoptilia aridus (Stenoptilia aridus) 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). Stenoptilia aridus (Stenoptilia aridus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/stenoptilia-aridus

MLA

“Stenoptilia aridus (Stenoptilia aridus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/stenoptilia-aridus.

BibTeX
@misc{stenoptilia_aridus_2026,
  title = {Stenoptilia aridus (Stenoptilia aridus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/stenoptilia-aridus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}