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Physoptila pinguivora

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Physoptila pinguivora is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Indonesia.

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Quick facts about Physoptila pinguivora

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 Physoptila pinguivora 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.

Physoptila pinguivora is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Indonesia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Physoptila pinguivora 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 Physoptila pinguivora classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusPhysoptila
  7. SpeciesPhysoptila pinguivora Meyrick, 1934

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Physoptila pinguivora

Other species in the same genus Physoptila.

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Common questions

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Where does Physoptila pinguivora live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Physoptila pinguivora for 1 country: Indonesia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Physoptila pinguivora?

Physoptila pinguivora (Physoptila pinguivora) 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). Physoptila pinguivora (Physoptila pinguivora). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/physoptila-pinguivora

MLA

“Physoptila pinguivora (Physoptila pinguivora).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/physoptila-pinguivora.

BibTeX
@misc{physoptila_pinguivora_2026,
  title = {Physoptila pinguivora (Physoptila pinguivora)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/physoptila-pinguivora},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}