Tomotilus

Tomotilus
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 saitoiYano, 1961; Tomotilus celebrates(misspelling in Kim et al., 2012);

Last updated August 13, 2025

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]

The length of the forewings is 6–8 mm.

The larvae feed on Dunbaria villosa .

References

↑ 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.
↑ 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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[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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