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Encolapta heppneri

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Encolapta heppneri is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Taiwan.

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Quick facts about Encolapta heppneri

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 Encolapta heppneri 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.

Encolapta heppneri is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Taiwan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Encolapta heppneri 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 Encolapta heppneri classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusEncolapta
  7. SpeciesEncolapta heppneri (Park, 1995)

Synonyms Homochelas heppneri, Homoshelas heppneri

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Encolapta heppneri

Other species in the same genus Encolapta.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Encolapta heppneri live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Encolapta heppneri for 1 country: Taiwan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Encolapta heppneri?

Encolapta heppneri (Encolapta heppneri) 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). Encolapta heppneri (Encolapta heppneri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/encolapta-heppneri

MLA

“Encolapta heppneri (Encolapta heppneri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/encolapta-heppneri.

BibTeX
@misc{encolapta_heppneri_2026,
  title = {Encolapta heppneri (Encolapta heppneri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/encolapta-heppneri},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}