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Mesophleps parvella

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Mesophleps parvella is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Australia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea.

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Quick facts about Mesophleps parvella

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
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Mesophleps parvella 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.

Mesophleps parvella is listed for 3 countries.

Papua New GuineaAustraliaMalaysia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Australia
  2. Malaysia
  3. Papua New Guinea

Is Mesophleps parvella 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 Mesophleps parvella classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusMesophleps
  7. SpeciesMesophleps parvella Li & Sattler, 2012

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Mesophleps parvella

Other species in the same genus Mesophleps.

Straw crest

Mesophleps silacella

GelechiidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Mesophleps parvella live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Mesophleps parvella for 3 countries: Australia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Mesophleps parvella?

Mesophleps parvella (Mesophleps parvella) 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). Mesophleps parvella (Mesophleps parvella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mesophleps-parvella

MLA

“Mesophleps parvella (Mesophleps parvella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mesophleps-parvella.

BibTeX
@misc{mesophleps_parvella_2026,
  title = {Mesophleps parvella (Mesophleps parvella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mesophleps-parvella},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}