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Phthorimaea elaborata

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Phthorimaea elaborata 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 Phthorimaea elaborata

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 Phthorimaea elaborata 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.

Phthorimaea elaborata 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

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Phthorimaea elaborata 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 Phthorimaea elaborata classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusPhthorimaea
  7. SpeciesPhthorimaea elaborata (Povolný, 2000)

Synonyms Tuta elaborata

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Phthorimaea elaborata

Other species in the same genus Phthorimaea.

Potato moth

Phthorimaea operculella

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Phthorimaea elaborata live?

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

What kind of animal is Phthorimaea elaborata?

Phthorimaea elaborata (Phthorimaea elaborata) 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). Phthorimaea elaborata (Phthorimaea elaborata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/phthorimaea-elaborata

MLA

“Phthorimaea elaborata (Phthorimaea elaborata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/phthorimaea-elaborata.

BibTeX
@misc{phthorimaea_elaborata_2026,
  title = {Phthorimaea elaborata (Phthorimaea elaborata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phthorimaea-elaborata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}