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Microlechia lycia

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Microlechia lycia is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: China and South Korea.

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Quick facts about Microlechia lycia

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Microlechia lycia 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.

Microlechia lycia is listed for 2 countries.

South KoreaChina
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. China
  2. South Korea

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Microlechia lycia 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 Microlechia lycia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusMicrolechia
  7. SpeciesMicrolechia lycia (Li, 2001)

Synonyms Hedma lycia

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Microlechia lycia

Other species in the same genus Microlechia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Microlechia lycia live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Microlechia lycia for 2 countries: China and South Korea. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Microlechia lycia?

Microlechia lycia (Microlechia lycia) 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). Microlechia lycia (Microlechia lycia). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/microlechia-lycia

MLA

“Microlechia lycia (Microlechia lycia).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/microlechia-lycia.

BibTeX
@misc{microlechia_lycia_2026,
  title = {Microlechia lycia (Microlechia lycia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/microlechia-lycia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}