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Marasmarcha colossa

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Marasmarcha colossa is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 8 countries, including Afghanistan, China and Kazakhstan.

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Quick facts about Marasmarcha colossa

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
8 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Marasmarcha colossa 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.

Marasmarcha colossa is listed for 8 countries.

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

  1. Afghanistan
  2. China
  3. Kazakhstan
  4. Kyrgyzstan
  5. Russia
  6. Tajikistan
  7. Turkmenistan
  8. Uzbekistan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Marasmarcha colossa 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 Marasmarcha colossa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusMarasmarcha
  7. SpeciesMarasmarcha colossa Caradja, 1920

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Marasmarcha colossa

Other species in the same genus Marasmarcha.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Marasmarcha colossa live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Marasmarcha colossa for 8 countries, including Afghanistan, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Marasmarcha colossa?

Marasmarcha colossa (Marasmarcha colossa) belongs to the family Pterophoridae 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). Marasmarcha colossa (Marasmarcha colossa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/marasmarcha-colossa

MLA

“Marasmarcha colossa (Marasmarcha colossa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/marasmarcha-colossa.

BibTeX
@misc{marasmarcha_colossa_2026,
  title = {Marasmarcha colossa (Marasmarcha colossa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/marasmarcha-colossa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}