Megacraspedus calamogonus

Megacraspedus calamogonus is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1885.^[1][2] It is endemic to New Zealand.^[3]

M. calamogonus at rest.

Megacraspedus calamogonus
Illustration of male
Illustration of female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Megacraspedus
Species:	M. calamogonus
Binomial name
Megacraspedus calamogonus Meyrick, 1885

The wingspan is 10–16 mm (0.39–0.63 in). The forewings are whitish-ochreous, with the veins sometimes slightly infuscated. There is a dark fuscous dot in the disc slightly before the middle, a second very obliquely before it on the fold, and a third in the disc at two-thirds. There is also a short fuscous apical streak. The hindwings are whitish.^[4]

Larvae of this species feed on the flowers and seeds of grass and sedge plants.^[5] Hosts include Austroderia richardii, Chionochloa flavescens, Chionochloa macra, Chionochloa pallens, Chionochloa rigida and Chionochloa rubra.^[6]