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Hyperbola phocina

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Hyperbola phocina is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.

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Quick facts about Hyperbola phocina

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 Hyperbola phocina 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.

Hyperbola phocina is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. South Africa

Is Hyperbola phocina 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 Hyperbola phocina classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusHyperbola
  7. SpeciesHyperbola phocina (Meyrick, 1908)

Synonyms Tineola phocina

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Hyperbola phocina

Other species in the same genus Hyperbola.

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Common questions

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Where does Hyperbola phocina live?

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

What kind of animal is Hyperbola phocina?

Hyperbola phocina (Hyperbola phocina) belongs to the family Tineidae 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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BibTeX
@misc{hyperbola_phocina_2026,
  title = {Hyperbola phocina (Hyperbola phocina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hyperbola-phocina},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}