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Epiphthora melanombra

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Epiphthora melanombra is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: New Zealand.

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Quick facts about Epiphthora melanombra

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 Epiphthora melanombra 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.

Epiphthora melanombra is listed for 1 country.

New Zealand
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. New Zealand

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Epiphthora melanombra 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 Epiphthora melanombra classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusEpiphthora
  7. SpeciesEpiphthora melanombra Meyrick, 1888

Synonyms Gelechia sparsa

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Epiphthora melanombra

Other species in the same genus Epiphthora.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Epiphthora melanombra live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Epiphthora melanombra for 1 country: New Zealand. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Epiphthora melanombra?

Epiphthora melanombra (Epiphthora melanombra) 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). Epiphthora melanombra (Epiphthora melanombra). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/epiphthora-melanombra

MLA

“Epiphthora melanombra (Epiphthora melanombra).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/epiphthora-melanombra.

BibTeX
@misc{epiphthora_melanombra_2026,
  title = {Epiphthora melanombra (Epiphthora melanombra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/epiphthora-melanombra},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}