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Ectabola phaeocephala

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Ectabola phaeocephala 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 Ectabola phaeocephala

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 Ectabola phaeocephala 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.

Ectabola phaeocephala 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 Ectabola phaeocephala 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 Ectabola phaeocephala classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusEctabola
  7. SpeciesEctabola phaeocephala (Meyrick, 1918)

Synonyms Tineola phaeocephala

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ectabola phaeocephala

Other species in the same genus Ectabola.

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Common questions

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Where does Ectabola phaeocephala live?

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

What kind of animal is Ectabola phaeocephala?

Ectabola phaeocephala (Ectabola phaeocephala) belongs to the family Tineidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ectabola phaeocephala (Ectabola phaeocephala). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ectabola-phaeocephala

MLA

“Ectabola phaeocephala (Ectabola phaeocephala).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ectabola-phaeocephala.

BibTeX
@misc{ectabola_phaeocephala_2026,
  title = {Ectabola phaeocephala (Ectabola phaeocephala)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ectabola-phaeocephala},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}