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Assembly moth

Samea ecclesialis Guenée, 1854

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The assembly moth (Samea ecclesialis) is a species in the family Crambidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the assembly moth

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
Not recorded

Where does the assembly moth live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the assembly moth as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Ecuador

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the assembly moth 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 assembly moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyCrambidae
  6. genusSamea
  7. SpeciesSamea ecclesialis Guenée, 1854

Synonyms Samea castellalis, Samea disertalis, Samea luccusalis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the assembly moth

Other species in the same genus Samea.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the assembly moth an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the assembly moth as introduced in 1 country: Ecuador, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the assembly moth?

The assembly moth (Samea ecclesialis) belongs to the family Crambidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Assembly moth (Samea ecclesialis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/assembly-moth

MLA

“Assembly moth (Samea ecclesialis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/assembly-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{assembly_moth_2026,
  title = {Assembly moth (Samea ecclesialis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/assembly-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}