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Phthorimaea truncata

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about Phthorimaea truncata

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 truncata 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 truncata is listed for 1 country.

United States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Phthorimaea truncata 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 truncata classified?

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

Synonyms Tuta truncata

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Phthorimaea truncata

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 truncata live?

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

What kind of animal is Phthorimaea truncata?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{phthorimaea_truncata_2026,
  title = {Phthorimaea truncata (Phthorimaea truncata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phthorimaea-truncata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}