CreatureData

Phthorimaea ferella

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Phthorimaea ferella is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Argentina.

No freely licensed photo yet

Quick facts about Phthorimaea ferella

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 Phthorimaea ferella 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 ferella is listed for 1 country.

Argentina
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Phthorimaea ferella 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 ferella classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusPhthorimaea
  7. SpeciesPhthorimaea ferella (Berg, 1876)

Synonyms Gelechia ferella

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Phthorimaea ferella

Other species in the same genus Phthorimaea.

Potato moth

Phthorimaea operculella

GelechiidaeNo free photo yet

ComparePhthorimaea ferella vs Potato mothPhthorimaea ferella vs Phthorimaea ascendensPhthorimaea ferella vs Phthorimaea chiquitellaPhthorimaea ferella vs Phthorimaea chiquitelloides

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Phthorimaea ferella live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Phthorimaea ferella for 1 country: Argentina. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Phthorimaea ferella?

Phthorimaea ferella (Phthorimaea ferella) 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.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{phthorimaea_ferella_2026,
  title = {Phthorimaea ferella (Phthorimaea ferella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phthorimaea-ferella},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}