Megacraspedus niphodes

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| taxon = Megacraspedus niphodes

| authority = (Lower, 1897)

| synonyms = *Eutorna niphodes Lower, 1897

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Megacraspedus niphodes is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria and Tasmania.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=30 April 2016 |url=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/anomologinae/megacraspedus/#niphodes |title=Megacraspedus niphodes (Lower, 1897) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=10 July 2020}}

The wingspan is {{cvt|12|–|13|mm}}. The forewings are pale whitish ochreous. The stigmata are conspicuous and black, with the plical very obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are light grey.{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsoflin29linn#page/278/mode/1up |title=Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera |journal=Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales |last=Meyrick |first=E. |volume=29 |issue=part II [number 114] |page=278 |date=1904 |via=Internet Archive}} {{PD-notice}}