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Hypatima probolaea

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Hypatima probolaea is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.

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Quick facts about Hypatima probolaea

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 probolaea 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 probolaea is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Hypatima probolaea 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 probolaea classified?

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

Synonyms Chelaria probolaea

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Hypatima probolaea

Other species in the same genus Hypatima.

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Common questions

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Where does Hypatima probolaea live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Hypatima probolaea for 1 country: South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Hypatima probolaea?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{hypatima_probolaea_2026,
  title = {Hypatima probolaea (Hypatima probolaea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hypatima-probolaea},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}