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Gerontha captiosella

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Gerontha captiosella is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Sri Lanka.

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Quick facts about Gerontha captiosella

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 Gerontha captiosella 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.

Gerontha captiosella is listed for 1 country.

Sri Lanka
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Sri Lanka

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Gerontha captiosella 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 Gerontha captiosella classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusGerontha
  7. SpeciesGerontha captiosella Walker, 1864

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Gerontha captiosella

Other species in the same genus Gerontha.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Gerontha captiosella live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Gerontha captiosella for 1 country: Sri Lanka. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Gerontha captiosella?

Gerontha captiosella (Gerontha captiosella) 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). Gerontha captiosella (Gerontha captiosella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gerontha-captiosella

MLA

“Gerontha captiosella (Gerontha captiosella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gerontha-captiosella.

BibTeX
@misc{gerontha_captiosella_2026,
  title = {Gerontha captiosella (Gerontha captiosella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gerontha-captiosella},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}