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Epiphthora nivea

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Epiphthora nivea 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 nivea

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 nivea 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 nivea 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

Is Epiphthora nivea 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 nivea classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusEpiphthora
  7. SpeciesEpiphthora nivea (Philpott, 1930)

Synonyms Apatetris nivea

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Epiphthora nivea

Other species in the same genus Epiphthora.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Epiphthora nivea live?

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

What kind of animal is Epiphthora nivea?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{epiphthora_nivea_2026,
  title = {Epiphthora nivea (Epiphthora nivea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/epiphthora-nivea},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}