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Titanoptilus rufus

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Titanoptilus rufus is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Madagascar.

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Quick facts about Titanoptilus rufus

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Titanoptilus rufus 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.

Titanoptilus rufus is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Madagascar

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Titanoptilus rufus 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 Titanoptilus rufus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusTitanoptilus
  7. SpeciesTitanoptilus rufus Gibeaux, 1994

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Titanoptilus rufus

Other species in the same genus Titanoptilus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Titanoptilus rufus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Titanoptilus rufus for 1 country: Madagascar. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Titanoptilus rufus?

Titanoptilus rufus (Titanoptilus rufus) 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). Titanoptilus rufus (Titanoptilus rufus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/titanoptilus-rufus

MLA

“Titanoptilus rufus (Titanoptilus rufus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/titanoptilus-rufus.

BibTeX
@misc{titanoptilus_rufus_2026,
  title = {Titanoptilus rufus (Titanoptilus rufus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/titanoptilus-rufus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}