Biology:Crypsithyrodes concolorella

Short description: Species of moth

Crypsithyrodes concolorella
Scientific classification
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

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.

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

Larvae have been reared from oblong, flat, brown cases which were found in trash in the axils of the leaves of dead palm.

External links

• Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5190603 entry