Trichoptilus regalis

Trichoptilus regalis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1909 and is found in Sri Lanka[1] and India.

Trichoptilus regalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Trichoptilus
Species:
T. regalis
Binomial name
Trichoptilus regalis
Synonyms
  • Trichoptilus chordites Meyrick, 1913
  • Oxyptilus chordites
  • Oxyptilus regalis Fletcher, 1909

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Calycopteris floribunda.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oxyptilus regalis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. "Life-histories of Indian insects: Microlepidoptera". Retrieved 3 July 2010.


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