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Stenoptilia elkefi

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Stenoptilia elkefi is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 12 countries, including Croatia, Cyprus and France.

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Quick facts about Stenoptilia elkefi

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
12 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Stenoptilia elkefi 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 elkefi is listed for 12 countries.

FranceTunisiaJordanTurkmenistanGreeceTurkeyCroatiaSpainItalyYemenCyprusMorocco
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Croatia
  2. Cyprus
  3. France
  4. Greece
  5. Italy
  6. Jordan
  7. Morocco
  8. Spain
  9. Tunisia
  10. Türkiye
  11. Turkmenistan
  12. Yemen

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Stenoptilia elkefi 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 elkefi classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusStenoptilia
  7. SpeciesStenoptilia elkefi Arenberger, 1984

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Stenoptilia elkefi

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 elkefi vs Brown plumeStenoptilia elkefi vs Dowdy plumeStenoptilia elkefi vs Mountain plumeStenoptilia elkefi vs Twin-spot plume

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Stenoptilia elkefi live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Stenoptilia elkefi for 12 countries, including Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece and Italy. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Stenoptilia elkefi?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{stenoptilia_elkefi_2026,
  title = {Stenoptilia elkefi (Stenoptilia elkefi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/stenoptilia-elkefi},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}