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Phthorimaea euchthonia

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Phthorimaea euchthonia is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Argentina and Venezuela.

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Quick facts about Phthorimaea euchthonia

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 euchthonia 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 euchthonia is listed for 2 countries.

ArgentinaVenezuela
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina
  2. Venezuela

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Phthorimaea euchthonia 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 euchthonia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusPhthorimaea
  7. SpeciesPhthorimaea euchthonia Meyrick, 1939

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Phthorimaea euchthonia

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 euchthonia live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Phthorimaea euchthonia for 2 countries: Argentina and Venezuela. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Phthorimaea euchthonia?

Phthorimaea euchthonia (Phthorimaea euchthonia) belongs to the family Gelechiidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Phthorimaea euchthonia (Phthorimaea euchthonia). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/phthorimaea-euchthonia

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{phthorimaea_euchthonia_2026,
  title = {Phthorimaea euchthonia (Phthorimaea euchthonia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phthorimaea-euchthonia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}