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Tiny stone

Perlesta nitida Banks, 1948

Status not recordedinsects

The tiny stone (Perlesta nitida) is a species in the family Perlidae, order Plecoptera.

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Quick facts about the tiny stone

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
Not recorded

Where does the tiny stone live?

Not recorded

Is the tiny stone 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 tiny stone classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderPlecoptera
  5. familyPerlidae
  6. genusPerlesta
  7. SpeciesPerlesta nitida Banks, 1948

Synonyms Perlesta placida nitida

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tiny stone

Other species in the same genus Perlesta.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the tiny stone?

The tiny stone (Perlesta nitida) belongs to the family Perlidae in the order Plecoptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tiny stone (Perlesta nitida). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiny-stone

MLA

“Tiny stone (Perlesta nitida).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiny-stone.

BibTeX
@misc{tiny_stone_2026,
  title = {Tiny stone (Perlesta nitida)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiny-stone},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}