Crypsithyrodes concolorella

Crypsithyrodes concolorella is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It has been recorded from Australia, French Polynesia, the Seychelles, Fiji, Hawaii, Java, Rennell Island, the Caroline Islands and Malaya.

Crypsithyrodes concolorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Crypsithyrodes
Species:
C. concolorella
Binomial name
Crypsithyrodes concolorella
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Tinea concolorella Walker, 1863
  • Blabophanes obumbrata Butler, 1881
  • Crypsithyrodes obumbrata (Butler, 1881)
  • Monopis obumbrata
  • Crypsithyris effusa Meyrick, 1917
  • Crypsithyris sladeni Bradley, 1957
  • Crypsithyris tromerodes Meyrick, 1921
  • Tinea ignotella Walker, 1864

On the Seychelles, it is associated with the Seychelles sheath tailed bat (Coleura seychellensis).

External links edit

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.