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Ash-coloured crest

Acompsia cinerella (Clerck, 1759)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The ash-coloured crest (Acompsia cinerella) is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the ash-coloured crest

Weight
Not recorded
Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the ash-coloured crest live?

Not recorded

Is the ash-coloured crest 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 the ash-coloured crest classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusAcompsia
  7. SpeciesAcompsia cinerella (Clerck, 1759)

Synonyms Brachycrossata cinerella, Lita spodiella, Phalaena cinerella, Recurvaria cinerea

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Ash-coloured soberEnglish
  • makadlovka popelaváCzech
  • harmoviiksikoiFinnish
  • Szürke sarlósmolyHungarian
  • Pilkoji akompsijaLithuanian
  • FluweelpalpmotDutch
  • psota popolaváSlovak
  • gråpalpmalSwedish
  • grå bågpalpmalSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ash-coloured crest

Other species in the same genus Acompsia.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the ash-coloured crest?

The ash-coloured crest (Acompsia cinerella) 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). Ash-coloured crest (Acompsia cinerella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ash-coloured-crest

MLA

“Ash-coloured crest (Acompsia cinerella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ash-coloured-crest.

BibTeX
@misc{ash_coloured_crest_2026,
  title = {Ash-coloured crest (Acompsia cinerella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ash-coloured-crest},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}