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Dactylethrella siccifolii

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Dactylethrella siccifolii 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 siccifolii

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 siccifolii 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 siccifolii 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 siccifolii 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 siccifolii classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusDactylethrella
  7. SpeciesDactylethrella siccifolii (Walsingham, 1881)

Synonyms Dactylethra siccifolii, Ypsolophus siccifolii

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Dactylethrella siccifolii

Other species in the same genus Dactylethrella.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Dactylethrella siccifolii live?

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

What kind of animal is Dactylethrella siccifolii?

Dactylethrella siccifolii (Dactylethrella siccifolii) belongs to the family Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dactylethrella siccifolii (Dactylethrella siccifolii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dactylethrella-siccifolii

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{dactylethrella_siccifolii_2026,
  title = {Dactylethrella siccifolii (Dactylethrella siccifolii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dactylethrella-siccifolii},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}