Tomotilus

Tomotilus celebratus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It has been reported from Australia, India, Japan (including Honshu) and Indonesia (Java).[1] Until recently the species was known as Tomotilus saitoi, but the earlier name Oxyptilus celebratus has been recognised as an earlier reference to this same species.[2]

Tomotilus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Tomotilus
Yano, 1961
Species:
T. celebratus
Binomial name
Tomotilus celebratus
(Meyrick, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilus celebratus (Meyrick, 1932)
  • Tomotilus saitoi Yano, 1961
  • Tomotilus celebrates (misspelling in Kim et al., 2012)

The length of the forewings is 6โ€“8 mm.

The larvae feed on Dunbaria villosa.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oxyptilus celebratusโ€‹". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. Kim, Sora; Park, Kyu-Tek; Byun, Bong-Kyu; Lee, Seunghwan (2012). "Taxonomic review of the tribe Oxyptilini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 15: 35โ€“43. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2011.08.006.


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