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Cryptolectica bifasciata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Cryptolectica
Species:	C. bifasciata
Binomial name
Cryptolectica bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891)
Synonyms
Gracilaria bifasciata Walsingham, 1891 Acrocercops bifasciata – Bland, 1980

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, and from India.

The larvae feed on Malvaceae, including okra (Abelmoschus esculentus), Abutilon species, Gossypium species (including Gossypium barbadense), Malva species, and Urena lobata. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant. It is parasitized by the eulophid parasitoid Crateulophus somalicus.

References

1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2011–2024). "Cryptolectica bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891)". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
2. Bland, K.P. (1980). "Nigerian Gracillariidae" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 34 (1): 25–35.
3. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W., eds. (2024). "Cryptolectica bifasciata (Walsingham, 1891)". Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae. Belspo, Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Biodiversity Platform. doi:10.48580/d4sb-397. Retrieved 2 November 2024.

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