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Cryptologa nystalea

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Species of moth

Cryptologa nystalea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cryptologa
Species: C. nystalea
Binomial name
Cryptologa nystalea
T. B. Fletcher, 1921
Synonyms
  • Cryptologa nystalea Meyrick, 1932

Cryptologa nystalea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1921. It is known from Karnataka and Maharashtra in India.

The larvae feed on Pongamia pinnata. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Cryptologa nystalea


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