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Mottled Twirler

Frumenta nundinella (Zeller, 1873)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The mottled twirler (Frumenta nundinella) is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Canada and United States.

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Quick facts about the mottled twirler

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the mottled twirler 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.

The mottled twirler is listed for 2 countries.

CanadaUnited States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the mottled twirler 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 the mottled twirler classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusFrumenta
  7. SpeciesFrumenta nundinella (Zeller, 1873)

Synonyms Gelechia beneficentella, Gelechia nundinella

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mottled twirler

Other species in the same genus Frumenta.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the mottled twirler live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the mottled twirler for 2 countries: Canada and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the mottled twirler?

The mottled twirler (Frumenta nundinella) 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). Mottled Twirler (Frumenta nundinella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mottled-twirler

MLA

“Mottled Twirler (Frumenta nundinella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mottled-twirler.

BibTeX
@misc{mottled_twirler_2026,
  title = {Mottled Twirler (Frumenta nundinella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mottled-twirler},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}