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Y-backed Telphusa

Telphusa longifasciella (Clemens, 1863)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The y-backed telphusa (Telphusa longifasciella) 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 y-backed telphusa

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 y-backed telphusa 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 y-backed telphusa 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 y-backed telphusa 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 y-backed telphusa classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyGelechiidae
  6. genusTelphusa
  7. SpeciesTelphusa longifasciella (Clemens, 1863)

Synonyms Gelechia longifasciella, Gelechia lutraula, Gelechia obliquefasciella, Gelechia obliquifasciella, Telphusa curvistrigella

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the y-backed telphusa

Other species in the same genus Telphusa.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the y-backed telphusa live?

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

What kind of animal is the y-backed telphusa?

The y-backed telphusa (Telphusa longifasciella) 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). Y-backed Telphusa (Telphusa longifasciella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/y-backed-telphusa

MLA

“Y-backed Telphusa (Telphusa longifasciella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/y-backed-telphusa.

BibTeX
@misc{y_backed_telphusa_2026,
  title = {Y-backed Telphusa (Telphusa longifasciella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/y-backed-telphusa},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}