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Palo Verde webworm

Faculta inaequalis (Busck, 1910)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The palo verde webworm (Faculta inaequalis) is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Mexico and United States.

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Quick facts about the palo verde webworm

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 palo verde webworm 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 palo verde webworm is listed for 2 countries.

United States of AmericaMexico
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Mexico
  2. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the palo verde webworm 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 palo verde webworm classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusFaculta
  7. SpeciesFaculta inaequalis (Busck, 1910)

Synonyms Gelechia anisectis, Gelechia clistrodoma, Gelechia inaequalis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the palo verde webworm

Other species in the same genus Faculta.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the palo verde webworm live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the palo verde webworm for 2 countries: Mexico and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the palo verde webworm?

The palo verde webworm (Faculta inaequalis) 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). Palo Verde webworm (Faculta inaequalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/palo-verde-webworm

MLA

“Palo Verde webworm (Faculta inaequalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/palo-verde-webworm.

BibTeX
@misc{palo_verde_webworm_2026,
  title = {Palo Verde webworm (Faculta inaequalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/palo-verde-webworm},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}