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Arogalea melitoptila

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Arogalea melitoptila is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Brazil.

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Quick facts about Arogalea melitoptila

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 Arogalea melitoptila 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.

Arogalea melitoptila is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Brazil

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Arogalea melitoptila 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 Arogalea melitoptila classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusArogalea
  7. SpeciesArogalea melitoptila (Meyrick, 1923)

Synonyms Telphusa melitoptila

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Arogalea melitoptila

Other species in the same genus Arogalea.

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Common questions

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Where does Arogalea melitoptila live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Arogalea melitoptila for 1 country: Brazil. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Arogalea melitoptila?

Arogalea melitoptila (Arogalea melitoptila) belongs to the family Gelechiidae 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). Arogalea melitoptila (Arogalea melitoptila). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/arogalea-melitoptila

MLA

“Arogalea melitoptila (Arogalea melitoptila).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/arogalea-melitoptila.

BibTeX
@misc{arogalea_melitoptila_2026,
  title = {Arogalea melitoptila (Arogalea melitoptila)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/arogalea-melitoptila},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}