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Thiotricha pontifera

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Thiotricha pontifera is a species in the family Gelechiidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Japan.

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Quick facts about Thiotricha pontifera

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 Thiotricha pontifera 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.

Thiotricha pontifera is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Japan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Thiotricha pontifera 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 Thiotricha pontifera classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusThiotricha
  7. SpeciesThiotricha pontifera Meyrick, 1932

Synonyms Polyhymno pantifera

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Thiotricha pontifera

Other species in the same genus Thiotricha.

Eyelet sober

Thiotricha subocellea

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Common questions

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Where does Thiotricha pontifera live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Thiotricha pontifera for 1 country: Japan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Thiotricha pontifera?

Thiotricha pontifera (Thiotricha pontifera) 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). Thiotricha pontifera (Thiotricha pontifera). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/thiotricha-pontifera

MLA

“Thiotricha pontifera (Thiotricha pontifera).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/thiotricha-pontifera.

BibTeX
@misc{thiotricha_pontifera_2026,
  title = {Thiotricha pontifera (Thiotricha pontifera)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/thiotricha-pontifera},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}