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Tinissa torvella

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Tinissa torvella is a species in the family Tineidae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Sri Lanka.

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Quick facts about Tinissa torvella

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 Tinissa torvella 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.

Tinissa torvella is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Sri Lanka

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Tinissa torvella 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 Tinissa torvella classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyTineidae
  6. genusTinissa
  7. SpeciesTinissa torvella Walker, 1864

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Tinissa torvella

Other species in the same genus Tinissa.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Tinissa torvella live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Tinissa torvella for 1 country: Sri Lanka. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Tinissa torvella?

Tinissa torvella (Tinissa torvella) 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). Tinissa torvella (Tinissa torvella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tinissa-torvella

MLA

“Tinissa torvella (Tinissa torvella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tinissa-torvella.

BibTeX
@misc{tinissa_torvella_2026,
  title = {Tinissa torvella (Tinissa torvella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tinissa-torvella},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}