Cristatopalpus
| Cristatopalpus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Herminiinae |
| Genus: | Cristatopalpus Bethune-Baker, 1908 |
| Species: | C. olivens |
| Binomial name | |
| Cristatopalpus olivens Bethune-Baker, 1908 | |
Cristatopalpus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Cristatopalpus olivens, is found in New Guinea. Both the genus and the species were first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1908.
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of Crenotermes Hampson.