''Cryptolectica'' is a genus of

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Gracillariidae Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Cameraria ...

Species

There are eight recognized species: *''

Cryptolectica bifasciata ''Cryptolectica bifasciata'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Sub-Saharan Africa, with records from Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and South Africa, an ...

'' (Walsingham, 1891) *'' Cryptolectica capnodecta'' Vári, 1961 *'' Cryptolectica chrysalis'' Kumata & Ermolaev, 1988 *'' Cryptolectica ensiformis'' (Yuan, 1986) *'' Cryptolectica euryphanta'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Cryptolectica lazaroi'' Landry, 2006 *'' Cryptolectica monodecta'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Cryptolectica pasaniae'' Kumata & Kuroko, 1988

References

Acrocercopinae Gracillarioidea genera Taxa named by Lajos Vári {{Acrocercopinae-stub