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Lepyrotica acantha

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Lepyrotica acantha is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Costa Rica.

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Quick facts about Lepyrotica acantha

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 Lepyrotica acantha 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.

Lepyrotica acantha is listed for 1 country.

Costa Rica
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Costa Rica

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Lepyrotica acantha 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 Lepyrotica acantha classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusLepyrotica
  7. SpeciesLepyrotica acantha Davis, 1994

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Lepyrotica acantha

Other species in the same genus Lepyrotica.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Lepyrotica acantha live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Lepyrotica acantha for 1 country: Costa Rica. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Lepyrotica acantha?

Lepyrotica acantha (Lepyrotica acantha) 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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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Lepyrotica acantha (Lepyrotica acantha). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lepyrotica-acantha

MLA

“Lepyrotica acantha (Lepyrotica acantha).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lepyrotica-acantha.

BibTeX
@misc{lepyrotica_acantha_2026,
  title = {Lepyrotica acantha (Lepyrotica acantha)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lepyrotica-acantha},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}