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Mometa infricta

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Mometa infricta is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Malawi.

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Quick facts about Mometa infricta

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 Mometa infricta 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.

Mometa infricta is listed for 1 country.

Malawi
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Malawi

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Mometa infricta 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 Mometa infricta classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusMometa
  7. SpeciesMometa infricta (Meyrick, 1916)

Synonyms Parapsectris infricta

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Mometa infricta

Other species in the same genus Mometa.

CompareMometa infricta vs Mometa anthophthoraMometa infricta vs Mometa armatovalvaMometa infricta vs Mometa chlidanopaMometa infricta vs Mometa erebodoxa

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Mometa infricta live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Mometa infricta for 1 country: Malawi. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Mometa infricta?

Mometa infricta (Mometa infricta) 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). Mometa infricta (Mometa infricta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mometa-infricta

MLA

“Mometa infricta (Mometa infricta).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mometa-infricta.

BibTeX
@misc{mometa_infricta_2026,
  title = {Mometa infricta (Mometa infricta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mometa-infricta},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}