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Tinea melanoptycha

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Tinea melanoptycha is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about Tinea melanoptycha

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
Not recorded

Where does Tinea melanoptycha live?

Not recorded

Is Tinea melanoptycha 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 Tinea melanoptycha classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusTinea
  7. SpeciesTinea melanoptycha (Turner, 1939)

Synonyms Dryadaula melanoptycha

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Tinea melanoptycha

Other species in the same genus Tinea.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Tinea melanoptycha?

Tinea melanoptycha (Tinea melanoptycha) belongs to the family Tineidae 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). Tinea melanoptycha (Tinea melanoptycha). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tinea-melanoptycha

MLA

“Tinea melanoptycha (Tinea melanoptycha).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tinea-melanoptycha.

BibTeX
@misc{tinea_melanoptycha_2026,
  title = {Tinea melanoptycha (Tinea melanoptycha)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tinea-melanoptycha},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}