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Parapsectris ferax

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Parapsectris ferax is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: South Africa.

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Quick facts about Parapsectris ferax

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 Parapsectris ferax 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.

Parapsectris ferax is listed for 1 country.

South Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Parapsectris ferax 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 Parapsectris ferax classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusParapsectris
  7. SpeciesParapsectris ferax (Meyrick, 1913)

Synonyms Athrips ferax, Gelechia ferax

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Parapsectris ferax

Other species in the same genus Parapsectris.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Parapsectris ferax live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Parapsectris ferax for 1 country: South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Parapsectris ferax?

Parapsectris ferax (Parapsectris ferax) 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). Parapsectris ferax (Parapsectris ferax). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/parapsectris-ferax

MLA

“Parapsectris ferax (Parapsectris ferax).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/parapsectris-ferax.

BibTeX
@misc{parapsectris_ferax_2026,
  title = {Parapsectris ferax (Parapsectris ferax)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/parapsectris-ferax},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}