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Molopostola rufitecta

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Molopostola rufitecta is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: French Guiana.

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Quick facts about Molopostola rufitecta

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 Molopostola rufitecta 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.

Molopostola rufitecta is listed for 1 country.

  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. French Guiana

Is Molopostola rufitecta 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 Molopostola rufitecta classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusMolopostola
  7. SpeciesMolopostola rufitecta Meyrick, 1920

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Molopostola rufitecta

Other species in the same genus Molopostola.

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Common questions

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Where does Molopostola rufitecta live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Molopostola rufitecta for 1 country: French Guiana. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Molopostola rufitecta?

Molopostola rufitecta (Molopostola rufitecta) belongs to the family Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Molopostola rufitecta (Molopostola rufitecta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/molopostola-rufitecta

MLA

“Molopostola rufitecta (Molopostola rufitecta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/molopostola-rufitecta.

BibTeX
@misc{molopostola_rufitecta_2026,
  title = {Molopostola rufitecta (Molopostola rufitecta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/molopostola-rufitecta},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}