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Morophagoides pythium

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Morophagoides pythium is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Costa Rica.

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Quick facts about Morophagoides pythium

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 Morophagoides pythium 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.

Morophagoides pythium is listed for 1 country.

Costa Rica
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Costa Rica

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Morophagoides pythium 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 Morophagoides pythium classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusMorophagoides
  7. SpeciesMorophagoides pythium Robinson, 1986

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Morophagoides pythium

Other species in the same genus Morophagoides.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Morophagoides pythium live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Morophagoides pythium for 1 country: Costa Rica. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Morophagoides pythium?

Morophagoides pythium (Morophagoides pythium) belongs to the family Tineidae 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). Morophagoides pythium (Morophagoides pythium). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/morophagoides-pythium

MLA

“Morophagoides pythium (Morophagoides pythium).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/morophagoides-pythium.

BibTeX
@misc{morophagoides_pythium_2026,
  title = {Morophagoides pythium (Morophagoides pythium)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/morophagoides-pythium},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}