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Physoptila termiticola

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about Physoptila termiticola

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 termiticola 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 termiticola is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Physoptila termiticola 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 termiticola classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusPhysoptila
  7. SpeciesPhysoptila termiticola (Turner, 1926)

Synonyms Aenicteria termiticola

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Physoptila termiticola

Other species in the same genus Physoptila.

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Common questions

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Where does Physoptila termiticola live?

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

What kind of animal is Physoptila termiticola?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{physoptila_termiticola_2026,
  title = {Physoptila termiticola (Physoptila termiticola)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/physoptila-termiticola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}