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Avocado seed moth

Stenoma catenifer Walsingham, 1912

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The avocado seed moth (Stenoma catenifer) is a species in the family Depressariidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the avocado seed 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 avocado seed moth live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the avocado seed 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 avocado seed 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 avocado seed moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyDepressariidae
  6. genusStenoma
  7. SpeciesStenoma catenifer Walsingham, 1912
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Palomilla barrenadora del huesoSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the avocado seed moth

Other species in the same genus Stenoma.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the avocado seed moth an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the avocado seed moth?

The avocado seed moth (Stenoma catenifer) belongs to the family Depressariidae 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). Avocado seed moth (Stenoma catenifer). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/avocado-seed-moth

MLA

“Avocado seed moth (Stenoma catenifer).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/avocado-seed-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{avocado_seed_moth_2026,
  title = {Avocado seed moth (Stenoma catenifer)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/avocado-seed-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}