''Titanoptilus'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Pterophoridae
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings, giving them the shape of a narrow winged airplane. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are ...
. It was described by
George Hampson
Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist.
Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...
in 1905.
[ Retrieved April 23, 2018.]
Species
, the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following species for genus ''Titanoptilus'':
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Titanoptilus melanodonta''
Hampson, 1905 (type)
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Titanoptilus procerus''
Bigot, 1969
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Titanoptilus rufus''
Gibeaux, 1994
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Titanoptilus serrulatus''
Meyrick, 1935
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Titanoptilus stenodactylus''
(T. B. Fletcher, 1911) (=''Titanoptilus laniger''
Bigot, 1969 and ''Titanoptilus patellatus''
Meyrick, 1913)
References
Pterophorinae
Moth genera
Taxa named by George Hampson
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