Tomotilus celebratus

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 celebratus
Scientific classification
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 6–8 mm.

The larvae feed on Dunbaria villosa. They live in a tent-like structure formed by a folded ternate leaf of the host plant and eats the folded leaf from inside. Pupation usually occurs within this shelter. The pupal period lasts 4–6 days.

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oxyptilus celebratus​". 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: 35–43. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2011.08.006.
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