Calicotis crucifera, the leather-leaf spore-eater, is a moth of the Stathmopodidae family.

The mature larva of C. crucifera are approximately 6mm long and are a white colour, plump with a pale brown head.

[1] The larva builds silk tubes disguised with fern spore dust and white frond hair.

[1] The larvae feed on the spores of the fern, Pyrrosia eleagnifolia.

This article relating to the family Stathmopodidae is a stub.