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Marjoram crest

Acompsia schmidtiellus (Heyden, 1848)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The marjoram crest (Acompsia schmidtiellus) is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Estonia.

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Quick facts about the marjoram crest

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 the marjoram crest 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.

The marjoram crest is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Estonia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the marjoram crest 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 the marjoram crest classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusAcompsia
  7. SpeciesAcompsia schmidtiellus (Heyden, 1848)

Synonyms Acompsia durdhamellus, Dichomeris schmiediella, Hypsolopha quadrinella, Hypsolophus quadrinellus, Telephila schmidtiellus, Ypsolophus durdhamellus, Ypsolophus schmidiellus, Ypsolophus schmidtiellus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Aranysárga sarlósmolyHungarian
  • ZwartstipfluweelpalpmotDutch
  • Моль майорановаяRussian
  • psota majoránováSlovak
  • ockrapalpmalSwedish
  • Limburgse fluweelpalpmotDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the marjoram crest

Other species in the same genus Acompsia.

CompareMarjoram crest vs Ash-coloured crestMarjoram crest vs Acompsia baldizzoneiMarjoram crest vs Acompsia bidzilyaiMarjoram crest vs Acompsia caucasella

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the marjoram crest live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the marjoram crest for 1 country: Estonia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the marjoram crest?

The marjoram crest (Acompsia schmidtiellus) 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). Marjoram crest (Acompsia schmidtiellus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/marjoram-crest

MLA

“Marjoram crest (Acompsia schmidtiellus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/marjoram-crest.

BibTeX
@misc{marjoram_crest_2026,
  title = {Marjoram crest (Acompsia schmidtiellus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/marjoram-crest},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}