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Telphusa phaulosema

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Telphusa phaulosema is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Kenya.

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Quick facts about Telphusa phaulosema

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 Telphusa phaulosema 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.

Telphusa phaulosema is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Kenya

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Telphusa phaulosema 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 Telphusa phaulosema classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusTelphusa
  7. SpeciesTelphusa phaulosema Meyrick, 1920

Synonyms Stomopteryx phaulosema

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Telphusa phaulosema

Other species in the same genus Telphusa.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Telphusa phaulosema live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Telphusa phaulosema for 1 country: Kenya. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Telphusa phaulosema?

Telphusa phaulosema (Telphusa phaulosema) 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). Telphusa phaulosema (Telphusa phaulosema). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/telphusa-phaulosema

MLA

“Telphusa phaulosema (Telphusa phaulosema).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/telphusa-phaulosema.

BibTeX
@misc{telphusa_phaulosema_2026,
  title = {Telphusa phaulosema (Telphusa phaulosema)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/telphusa-phaulosema},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}