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Stenoptilia petraea

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Stenoptilia petraea is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Ethiopia and India.

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Quick facts about Stenoptilia petraea

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Stenoptilia petraea 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 petraea is listed for 2 countries.

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

  1. Ethiopia
  2. India

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Stenoptilia petraea 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 petraea classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusStenoptilia
  7. SpeciesStenoptilia petraea Meyrick, 1908

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Stenoptilia petraea

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

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Stenoptilia petraea live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Stenoptilia petraea for 2 countries: Ethiopia and India. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Stenoptilia petraea?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{stenoptilia_petraea_2026,
  title = {Stenoptilia petraea (Stenoptilia petraea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/stenoptilia-petraea},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}