Epiphthora microtima
Status not recordedbutterflies and moths
Epiphthora microtima is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.
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Quick facts about Epiphthora microtima
- 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 microtima 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 microtima is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is Epiphthora microtima 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 microtima classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera
- familyGelechiidae
- genusEpiphthora
- SpeciesEpiphthora microtima Meyrick, 1904
Relatives of Epiphthora microtima
Other species in the same genus Epiphthora.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does Epiphthora microtima live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list Epiphthora microtima for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is Epiphthora microtima?
Epiphthora microtima (Epiphthora microtima) 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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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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“Epiphthora microtima (Epiphthora microtima).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/epiphthora-microtima.
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