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Hypatima phacelota

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Hypatima phacelota is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Sri Lanka.

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Quick facts about Hypatima phacelota

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 phacelota 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 phacelota 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 Hypatima phacelota 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 phacelota classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusHypatima
  7. SpeciesHypatima phacelota (Meyrick, 1913)

Synonyms Chelaria phacelota

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Hypatima phacelota

Other species in the same genus Hypatima.

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Common questions

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Where does Hypatima phacelota live?

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

What kind of animal is Hypatima phacelota?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{hypatima_phacelota_2026,
  title = {Hypatima phacelota (Hypatima phacelota)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hypatima-phacelota},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}