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Trichoptilus pelias

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Trichoptilus pelias is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: India and Nepal.

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Quick facts about Trichoptilus pelias

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 pelias 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 pelias is listed for 2 countries.

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

  1. India
  2. Nepal

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Trichoptilus pelias 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 pelias classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusTrichoptilus
  7. SpeciesTrichoptilus pelias Meyrick, 1908

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Trichoptilus pelias

Other species in the same genus Trichoptilus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Trichoptilus pelias live?

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

What kind of animal is Trichoptilus pelias?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{trichoptilus_pelias_2026,
  title = {Trichoptilus pelias (Trichoptilus pelias)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/trichoptilus-pelias},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}