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Filatima nigripectus

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Filatima nigripectus is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Mexico and United States.

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Quick facts about Filatima nigripectus

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Filatima nigripectus 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.

Filatima nigripectus is listed for 2 countries.

United States of AmericaMexico
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Mexico
  2. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Filatima nigripectus 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 Filatima nigripectus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusFilatima
  7. SpeciesFilatima nigripectus (Walsingham, 1911)

Synonyms Gelechia nigripectus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Filatima nigripectus

Other species in the same genus Filatima.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Filatima nigripectus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Filatima nigripectus for 2 countries: Mexico and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Filatima nigripectus?

Filatima nigripectus (Filatima nigripectus) belongs to the family Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Filatima nigripectus (Filatima nigripectus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/filatima-nigripectus

MLA

“Filatima nigripectus (Filatima nigripectus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/filatima-nigripectus.

BibTeX
@misc{filatima_nigripectus_2026,
  title = {Filatima nigripectus (Filatima nigripectus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/filatima-nigripectus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}