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
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

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