Lophospingus is a small genus of South American birds in the tanager family Thraupidae.

These finches are mostly gray and have prominent upstanding crests.

They live in open habitats in southern South America.

[1] The genus Lophospingus was introduced in 1878 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis with the black-crested finch as the type species.

[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" and spingos meaning "finch".