Cryptocephalus cribripennis is a species leaf beetle found in Central America and North America. The specific epithet cribripennis () refers to its large, sparse elytral punctures. LeConte, J.L. 1880. Short studies of North American Coleoptera. Transactions of the American. Entomological Society 8: 163–218.
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Further reading Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company. Riley, Edward G., Shawn M. Clark, and Terry N. Seeno (2003). "Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)". Coleopterists Society Special Publication no. 1, 290. Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.