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Ellochotis lyncodes

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Ellochotis lyncodes is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Mozambique.

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Quick facts about Ellochotis lyncodes

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 Ellochotis lyncodes 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.

Ellochotis lyncodes is listed for 1 country.

Mozambique
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Mozambique

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Ellochotis lyncodes 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 Ellochotis lyncodes classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusEllochotis
  7. SpeciesEllochotis lyncodes (Meyrick, 1921)

Synonyms Myrmecozela lyncodes

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ellochotis lyncodes

Other species in the same genus Ellochotis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Ellochotis lyncodes live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Ellochotis lyncodes for 1 country: Mozambique. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Ellochotis lyncodes?

Ellochotis lyncodes (Ellochotis lyncodes) 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

CreatureData. (2026). Ellochotis lyncodes (Ellochotis lyncodes). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ellochotis-lyncodes

MLA

“Ellochotis lyncodes (Ellochotis lyncodes).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ellochotis-lyncodes.

BibTeX
@misc{ellochotis_lyncodes_2026,
  title = {Ellochotis lyncodes (Ellochotis lyncodes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ellochotis-lyncodes},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}