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Orange-crescent moth

Enchrysa dissectella Zeller, 1873

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The orange-crescent moth (Enchrysa dissectella) 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 orange-crescent moth

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 orange-crescent moth 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 orange-crescent moth is listed for 2 countries.

CanadaUnited States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Is the orange-crescent moth 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 orange-crescent moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusEnchrysa
  7. SpeciesEnchrysa dissectella Zeller, 1873

Synonyms Aristotelia youngella

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the orange-crescent moth

Other species in the same family Gelechiidae.

Potato moth

Phthorimaea operculella

GelechiidaeNo free photo yet

Pink bollworm

Pectinophora gossypiella

GelechiidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the orange-crescent moth live?

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

What kind of animal is the orange-crescent moth?

The orange-crescent moth (Enchrysa dissectella) 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). Orange-crescent moth (Enchrysa dissectella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/orange-crescent-moth

MLA

“Orange-crescent moth (Enchrysa dissectella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/orange-crescent-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{orange_crescent_moth_2026,
  title = {Orange-crescent moth (Enchrysa dissectella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/orange-crescent-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}