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Wheeleria lyrae

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Wheeleria lyrae is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Greece.

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Quick facts about Wheeleria lyrae

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 Wheeleria lyrae 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.

Wheeleria lyrae is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Greece

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Wheeleria lyrae 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 Wheeleria lyrae classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusWheeleria
  7. SpeciesWheeleria lyrae (Arenberger, 1983)

Synonyms Pterophorus lyrae

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Wheeleria lyrae

Other species in the same genus Wheeleria.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Wheeleria lyrae live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Wheeleria lyrae for 1 country: Greece. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Wheeleria lyrae?

Wheeleria lyrae (Wheeleria lyrae) 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). Wheeleria lyrae (Wheeleria lyrae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/wheeleria-lyrae

MLA

“Wheeleria lyrae (Wheeleria lyrae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/wheeleria-lyrae.

BibTeX
@misc{wheeleria_lyrae_2026,
  title = {Wheeleria lyrae (Wheeleria lyrae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wheeleria-lyrae},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}