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Basanasca parcens

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Basanasca parcens is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Brazil.

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Quick facts about Basanasca parcens

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 Basanasca parcens 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.

Basanasca parcens is listed for 1 country.

Brazil
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Brazil

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Basanasca parcens 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 Basanasca parcens classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusBasanasca
  7. SpeciesBasanasca parcens Meyrick, 1922

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Basanasca parcens

Other species in the same family Tineidae.

Corn moth

Nemapogon granella

TineidaeNo free photo yet

Carpet-moth

Trichophaga tapetzella

TineidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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Where does Basanasca parcens live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Basanasca parcens for 1 country: Brazil. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Basanasca parcens?

Basanasca parcens (Basanasca parcens) belongs to the family Tineidae 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). Basanasca parcens (Basanasca parcens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/basanasca-parcens

MLA

“Basanasca parcens (Basanasca parcens).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/basanasca-parcens.

BibTeX
@misc{basanasca_parcens_2026,
  title = {Basanasca parcens (Basanasca parcens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/basanasca-parcens},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}