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Compsolechia pentastra

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about Compsolechia pentastra

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 Compsolechia pentastra 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.

Compsolechia pentastra 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 Compsolechia pentastra 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 Compsolechia pentastra classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusCompsolechia
  7. SpeciesCompsolechia pentastra Meyrick, 1922

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Compsolechia pentastra

Other species in the same genus Compsolechia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Compsolechia pentastra live?

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

What kind of animal is Compsolechia pentastra?

Compsolechia pentastra (Compsolechia pentastra) 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). Compsolechia pentastra (Compsolechia pentastra). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/compsolechia-pentastra

MLA

“Compsolechia pentastra (Compsolechia pentastra).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/compsolechia-pentastra.

BibTeX
@misc{compsolechia_pentastra_2026,
  title = {Compsolechia pentastra (Compsolechia pentastra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/compsolechia-pentastra},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}