Crypsithyrodes concolorella

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 Tineidae family. 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.

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