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Charistica caeligena

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Charistica caeligena is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Brazil.

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Quick facts about Charistica caeligena

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 Charistica caeligena 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.

Charistica caeligena is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Brazil

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Charistica caeligena 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 Charistica caeligena classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusCharistica
  7. SpeciesCharistica caeligena (Meyrick, 1922)

Synonyms Zalithia caeligena

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Charistica caeligena

Other species in the same genus Charistica.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Charistica caeligena live?

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

What kind of animal is Charistica caeligena?

Charistica caeligena (Charistica caeligena) 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). Charistica caeligena (Charistica caeligena). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/charistica-caeligena

MLA

“Charistica caeligena (Charistica caeligena).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/charistica-caeligena.

BibTeX
@misc{charistica_caeligena_2026,
  title = {Charistica caeligena (Charistica caeligena)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/charistica-caeligena},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}