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Athrips irritans

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Athrips irritans is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Saudi Arabia.

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Quick facts about Athrips irritans

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 Athrips irritans 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.

Athrips irritans is listed for 1 country.

Saudi Arabia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Saudi Arabia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Athrips irritans 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 Athrips irritans classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusAthrips
  7. SpeciesAthrips irritans (Povolný, 1989)

Synonyms Pseudathrips irritans

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Athrips irritans

Other species in the same genus Athrips.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Athrips irritans live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Athrips irritans for 1 country: Saudi Arabia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Athrips irritans?

Athrips irritans (Athrips irritans) 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). Athrips irritans (Athrips irritans). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/athrips-irritans

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“Athrips irritans (Athrips irritans).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/athrips-irritans.

BibTeX
@misc{athrips_irritans_2026,
  title = {Athrips irritans (Athrips irritans)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/athrips-irritans},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}