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Chionodes caespitella

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Chionodes caespitella is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Colombia.

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Quick facts about Chionodes caespitella

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 Chionodes caespitella 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.

Chionodes caespitella is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Colombia

Is Chionodes caespitella 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 Chionodes caespitella classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusChionodes
  7. SpeciesChionodes caespitella (Zeller, 1877)

Synonyms Gelechia caespitella

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Chionodes caespitella

Other species in the same genus Chionodes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Chionodes caespitella live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Chionodes caespitella for 1 country: Colombia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Chionodes caespitella?

Chionodes caespitella (Chionodes caespitella) 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). Chionodes caespitella (Chionodes caespitella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/chionodes-caespitella

MLA

“Chionodes caespitella (Chionodes caespitella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/chionodes-caespitella.

BibTeX
@misc{chionodes_caespitella_2026,
  title = {Chionodes caespitella (Chionodes caespitella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chionodes-caespitella},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}