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Dichomeris sparsellus

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Dichomeris sparsellus is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 4 countries, including China, Japan and Russia.

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Quick facts about Dichomeris sparsellus

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
4 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Dichomeris sparsellus 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.

Dichomeris sparsellus is listed for 4 countries.

RussiaSouth KoreaChinaJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. China
  2. Japan
  3. Russia
  4. South Korea

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Dichomeris sparsellus 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 Dichomeris sparsellus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusDichomeris
  7. SpeciesDichomeris sparsellus (Christoph, 1882)

Synonyms Dichomeris strictella, Ypsolophus sparsellus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Dichomeris sparsellus

Other species in the same genus Dichomeris.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Dichomeris sparsellus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Dichomeris sparsellus for 4 countries: China, Japan, Russia and South Korea. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Dichomeris sparsellus?

Dichomeris sparsellus (Dichomeris sparsellus) 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). Dichomeris sparsellus (Dichomeris sparsellus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dichomeris-sparsellus

MLA

“Dichomeris sparsellus (Dichomeris sparsellus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dichomeris-sparsellus.

BibTeX
@misc{dichomeris_sparsellus_2026,
  title = {Dichomeris sparsellus (Dichomeris sparsellus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dichomeris-sparsellus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}