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Trichoptilus cryphias

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Trichoptilus cryphias is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Malawi and South Africa.

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Quick facts about Trichoptilus cryphias

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 Trichoptilus cryphias 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.

Trichoptilus cryphias is listed for 2 countries.

South AfricaMalawi
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Malawi
  2. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Trichoptilus cryphias 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 Trichoptilus cryphias classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusTrichoptilus
  7. SpeciesTrichoptilus cryphias Meyrick, 1912

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Trichoptilus cryphias

Other species in the same genus Trichoptilus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Trichoptilus cryphias live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Trichoptilus cryphias for 2 countries: Malawi and South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Trichoptilus cryphias?

Trichoptilus cryphias (Trichoptilus cryphias) 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). Trichoptilus cryphias (Trichoptilus cryphias). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/trichoptilus-cryphias

MLA

“Trichoptilus cryphias (Trichoptilus cryphias).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/trichoptilus-cryphias.

BibTeX
@misc{trichoptilus_cryphias_2026,
  title = {Trichoptilus cryphias (Trichoptilus cryphias)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/trichoptilus-cryphias},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}