Biology:Trichoptilus regalis

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Short description: Species of plume moth

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

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 .

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7840953 entry