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Microlechia melongenae

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Microlechia melongenae is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: India.

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Quick facts about Microlechia melongenae

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 Microlechia melongenae 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 melongenae is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. India

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Microlechia melongenae 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 melongenae classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusMicrolechia
  7. SpeciesMicrolechia melongenae (Povolný & Bradley, 1980)

Synonyms Megalocypha melongenae

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Microlechia melongenae

Other species in the same genus Microlechia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Microlechia melongenae live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Microlechia melongenae for 1 country: India. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Microlechia melongenae?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{microlechia_melongenae_2026,
  title = {Microlechia melongenae (Microlechia melongenae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/microlechia-melongenae},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}