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Hypatima tricosma

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about Hypatima tricosma

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 tricosma 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 tricosma is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Malaysia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Hypatima tricosma 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 tricosma classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusHypatima
  7. SpeciesHypatima tricosma (Meyrick, 1933)

Synonyms Chelaria tricosma

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Hypatima tricosma

Other species in the same genus Hypatima.

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Common questions

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Where does Hypatima tricosma live?

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

What kind of animal is Hypatima tricosma?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{hypatima_tricosma_2026,
  title = {Hypatima tricosma (Hypatima tricosma)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hypatima-tricosma},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}