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Athrips spinosum

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about Athrips spinosum

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 spinosum 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 spinosum is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Kenya

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Athrips spinosum 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 spinosum classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusAthrips
  7. SpeciesAthrips spinosum Bidzilya, Aarvik & Agassiz, 2023

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Athrips spinosum

Other species in the same genus Athrips.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Athrips spinosum live?

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

What kind of animal is Athrips spinosum?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{athrips_spinosum_2026,
  title = {Athrips spinosum (Athrips spinosum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/athrips-spinosum},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}