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Contralissa catagrapta

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Contralissa catagrapta is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.

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Quick facts about Contralissa catagrapta

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 Contralissa catagrapta 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.

Contralissa catagrapta is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Contralissa catagrapta 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 Contralissa catagrapta classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusContralissa
  7. SpeciesContralissa catagrapta (Meyrick, 1927)

Synonyms Tinea catagrapta

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Contralissa catagrapta

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

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Contralissa catagrapta live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Contralissa catagrapta for 1 country: South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Contralissa catagrapta?

Contralissa catagrapta (Contralissa catagrapta) 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

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BibTeX
@misc{contralissa_catagrapta_2026,
  title = {Contralissa catagrapta (Contralissa catagrapta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/contralissa-catagrapta},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}