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Dactylethrella chionitis

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Dactylethrella chionitis is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.

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Quick facts about Dactylethrella chionitis

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 Dactylethrella chionitis 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.

Dactylethrella chionitis is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Dactylethrella chionitis 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 Dactylethrella chionitis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusDactylethrella
  7. SpeciesDactylethrella chionitis (Meyrick, 1910)

Synonyms Nothris chionitis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Dactylethrella chionitis

Other species in the same genus Dactylethrella.

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Common questions

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Where does Dactylethrella chionitis live?

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

What kind of animal is Dactylethrella chionitis?

Dactylethrella chionitis (Dactylethrella chionitis) 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). Dactylethrella chionitis (Dactylethrella chionitis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dactylethrella-chionitis

MLA

“Dactylethrella chionitis (Dactylethrella chionitis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dactylethrella-chionitis.

BibTeX
@misc{dactylethrella_chionitis_2026,
  title = {Dactylethrella chionitis (Dactylethrella chionitis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dactylethrella-chionitis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}