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Five-spotted Twirler moth

Monochroa quinquepunctella (Busck, 1903)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The five-spotted twirler moth (Monochroa quinquepunctella) is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Canada and United States.

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Quick facts about the five-spotted twirler moth

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 the five-spotted twirler moth 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.

The five-spotted twirler moth is listed for 2 countries.

CanadaUnited States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the five-spotted twirler moth 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 the five-spotted twirler moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusMonochroa
  7. SpeciesMonochroa quinquepunctella (Busck, 1903)

Synonyms Aristotelia quinquepunctella

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the five-spotted twirler moth

Other species in the same genus Monochroa.

Bracken neb

Monochroa cytisella

GelechiidaeNo free photo yet

Pembroke neb

Monochroa elongella

GelechiidaeNo free photo yet

Coast neb

Monochroa moyses

GelechiidaeNo free photo yet

CompareFive-spotted Twirler moth vs Bracken nebFive-spotted Twirler moth vs Knotweed nebFive-spotted Twirler moth vs Buff-marked nebFive-spotted Twirler moth vs Pembroke neb

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the five-spotted twirler moth live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the five-spotted twirler moth for 2 countries: Canada and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the five-spotted twirler moth?

The five-spotted twirler moth (Monochroa quinquepunctella) 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). Five-spotted Twirler moth (Monochroa quinquepunctella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/five-spotted-twirler-moth

MLA

“Five-spotted Twirler moth (Monochroa quinquepunctella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/five-spotted-twirler-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{five_spotted_twirler_moth_2026,
  title = {Five-spotted Twirler moth (Monochroa quinquepunctella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/five-spotted-twirler-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}