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Stripe-backed moth

Arogalea cristifasciella (Chambers, 1878)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The stripe-backed moth (Arogalea cristifasciella) is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Canada and United States.

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Quick facts about the stripe-backed moth

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 the stripe-backed moth 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.

The stripe-backed moth is listed for 2 countries.

CanadaUnited States of America
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the stripe-backed moth 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 the stripe-backed moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusArogalea
  7. SpeciesArogalea cristifasciella (Chambers, 1878)

Synonyms Gelechia cristifasciella, Gelechia inscripta

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • White stripe-backed mothEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the stripe-backed moth

Other species in the same genus Arogalea.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the stripe-backed moth live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the stripe-backed moth for 2 countries: Canada and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the stripe-backed moth?

The stripe-backed moth (Arogalea cristifasciella) 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). Stripe-backed moth (Arogalea cristifasciella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/stripe-backed-moth

MLA

“Stripe-backed moth (Arogalea cristifasciella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/stripe-backed-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{stripe_backed_moth_2026,
  title = {Stripe-backed moth (Arogalea cristifasciella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/stripe-backed-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}