Cryptothelea watsoni (Jones, 1923)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cryptothelea watsoni (Jones, 1923)
- Name authority
- (Jones, 1923)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Psychidae
- Genus
- Cryptothelea
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
- superfamilyTineoidea
- familyPsychidae Boisduval, 1829
- subfamilyPsychinae Boisduval, 1829
- genusCryptothelea Duncan, 1841
- speciesCryptothelea watsoni (Jones, 1923)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cryptothelea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cryptothelea gloverii (Packard, 1869) | PsychidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptothelea nigrita (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) | PsychidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptothelea surinamensis (Möschler, 1878) | PsychidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cryptothelea symmicta (Dyar, 1915) | PsychidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Psyche watsoni Jones, 1923 Jones, 1923 | synonym |
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3236W. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.