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Hypatima nimbigera

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Hypatima nimbigera is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Papua New Guinea.

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Quick facts about Hypatima nimbigera

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 Hypatima nimbigera 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.

Hypatima nimbigera is listed for 1 country.

Papua New Guinea
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Papua New Guinea

Is Hypatima nimbigera 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 Hypatima nimbigera classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusHypatima
  7. SpeciesHypatima nimbigera (Meyrick, 1926)

Synonyms Chelaria nimbigera

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Hypatima nimbigera

Other species in the same genus Hypatima.

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Common questions

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Where does Hypatima nimbigera live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Hypatima nimbigera for 1 country: Papua New Guinea. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Hypatima nimbigera?

Hypatima nimbigera (Hypatima nimbigera) 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). Hypatima nimbigera (Hypatima nimbigera). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hypatima-nimbigera

MLA

“Hypatima nimbigera (Hypatima nimbigera).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hypatima-nimbigera.

BibTeX
@misc{hypatima_nimbigera_2026,
  title = {Hypatima nimbigera (Hypatima nimbigera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hypatima-nimbigera},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}