Drymonia utuanensis
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Drymonia utuanensis faces severe pressure from deforestation and habitat conversion in its limited Andean cloud forest range. Mining activities and agricultural expansion have fragmented its specialized epiphytic habitat, while climate change threatens to shift the narrow altitudinal zones where this species can survive. The species' restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to localized habitat destruction.
Habitat
This species inhabits humid montane cloud forests of the Andes, typically growing as an epiphyte on moss-covered tree trunks and branches in the understory. It requires the consistent moisture and stable temperatures found in these specialized high-altitude forest ecosystems.