Ippa polyscia
Status not recordedbutterflies and moths
Ippa polyscia is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Sri Lanka.
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Quick facts about Ippa polyscia
- 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 Ippa polyscia 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.
Ippa polyscia is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Is Ippa polyscia 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 Ippa polyscia classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera
- familyTineidae
- genusIppa
- SpeciesIppa polyscia (Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms Hypophrictis polyscia
Relatives of Ippa polyscia
Other species in the same genus Ippa.
CompareIppa polyscia vs Ippa apractaIppa polyscia vs Ippa catathraustaIppa polyscia vs Ippa conspersaIppa polyscia vs Ippa dichorrhaga
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Where does Ippa polyscia live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list Ippa polyscia for 1 country: Sri Lanka. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is Ippa polyscia?
Ippa polyscia (Ippa polyscia) 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.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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title = {Ippa polyscia (Ippa polyscia)},
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note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}