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Mometa piceicoma

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about Mometa piceicoma

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 piceicoma 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 piceicoma is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Cameroon

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Mometa piceicoma 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 piceicoma classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusMometa
  7. SpeciesMometa piceicoma (Meyrick, 1931)

Synonyms Platyedra piceicoma

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Mometa piceicoma

Other species in the same genus Mometa.

CompareMometa piceicoma vs Mometa anthophthoraMometa piceicoma vs Mometa armatovalvaMometa piceicoma vs Mometa chlidanopaMometa piceicoma vs Mometa erebodoxa

Common questions

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Where does Mometa piceicoma live?

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

What kind of animal is Mometa piceicoma?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{mometa_piceicoma_2026,
  title = {Mometa piceicoma (Mometa piceicoma)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mometa-piceicoma},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}