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Eschatotypa melichrysa

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Eschatotypa melichrysa is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: New Zealand.

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Quick facts about Eschatotypa melichrysa

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 Eschatotypa melichrysa 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.

Eschatotypa melichrysa 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 Eschatotypa melichrysa 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 Eschatotypa melichrysa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusEschatotypa
  7. SpeciesEschatotypa melichrysa Meyrick, 1880

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Eschatotypa melichrysa

Other species in the same genus Eschatotypa.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Eschatotypa melichrysa live?

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

What kind of animal is Eschatotypa melichrysa?

Eschatotypa melichrysa (Eschatotypa melichrysa) 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). Eschatotypa melichrysa (Eschatotypa melichrysa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/eschatotypa-melichrysa

MLA

“Eschatotypa melichrysa (Eschatotypa melichrysa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/eschatotypa-melichrysa.

BibTeX
@misc{eschatotypa_melichrysa_2026,
  title = {Eschatotypa melichrysa (Eschatotypa melichrysa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/eschatotypa-melichrysa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}