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Hypatima tonsa

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about Hypatima tonsa

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 tonsa 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 tonsa is listed for 1 country.

India
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. India

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Hypatima tonsa 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 tonsa classified?

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

Synonyms Chelaria tonsa

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Hypatima tonsa

Other species in the same genus Hypatima.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Hypatima tonsa live?

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

What kind of animal is Hypatima tonsa?

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

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

BibTeX
@misc{hypatima_tonsa_2026,
  title = {Hypatima tonsa (Hypatima tonsa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hypatima-tonsa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}