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Cephitinea colonella

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Cephitinea colonella is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about Cephitinea colonella

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 Cephitinea colonella live?

Not recorded

Is Cephitinea colonella 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 Cephitinea colonella classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusCephitinea
  7. SpeciesCephitinea colonella (Erschoff, 1874)

Synonyms Homalopsycha agglutinata, Safra lignea, Tinea colonella

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • ナガバヒロズコガJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Cephitinea colonella

Other species in the same genus Cephitinea.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Cephitinea colonella?

Cephitinea colonella (Cephitinea colonella) belongs to the family Tineidae in the order Lepidoptera.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cephitinea colonella (Cephitinea colonella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cephitinea-colonella

MLA

“Cephitinea colonella (Cephitinea colonella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cephitinea-colonella.

BibTeX
@misc{cephitinea_colonella_2026,
  title = {Cephitinea colonella (Cephitinea colonella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cephitinea-colonella},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}