''Trichoptilus'' 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 ...
.
Species
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Trichoptilus animosus''
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Trichoptilus archeaodes
''Trichoptilus archaeodes'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that can be found in India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest cou ...
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Trichoptilus ceramodes''
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Trichoptilus cryphias''
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Trichoptilus festus
''Trichoptilus festus'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Afr ...
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Trichoptilus inclitus''
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Trichoptilus negotiosus''
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Trichoptilus pelias''
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Trichoptilus potentellus
''Trichoptilus'' is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Species
*'' Trichoptilus animosus''
*''Trichoptilus archeaodes
''Trichoptilus archaeodes'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that can be found in India
India, o ...
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Trichoptilus pygmaeus
''Trichoptilus'' is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Species
*'' Trichoptilus animosus''
*''Trichoptilus archeaodes
''Trichoptilus archaeodes'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that can be found in India
India, o ...
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Trichoptilus regalis
''Trichoptilus'' is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.
Species
*'' Trichoptilus animosus''
*''Trichoptilus archeaodes''
*'' Trichoptilus ceramodes''
*'' Trichoptilus cryphias''
*''Trichoptilus festus''
*'' Trichoptilus inclitus' ...
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Trichoptilus scythrodes
''Trichoptilus scythrodes'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that can be found in Australia, including New South Wales and South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in t ...
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Trichoptilus subtilis
''Trichoptilus subtilis'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from South Africa. The species was first described by Hans Rebel
Hans Rebel (2 September 1861 – 19 May 1940) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Lepido ...
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Trichoptilus maceratus
''Trichoptilus subtilis'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from South Africa. The species was first described by Hans Rebel
Hans Rebel (2 September 1861 – 19 May 1940) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Lepido ...
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Trichoptilus varius
''Trichoptilus varius'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Afr ...
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Trichoptilus viduus
''Trichoptilus viduus'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from South Africa.
Description
The wingspan is . The head and thorax are fuscous with some whitish scales. The palpi are fuscous and the apex of the joints white. The ab ...
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Trichoptilus vivax
''Megalorhipida vivax'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa and Gambia
The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the List of African cou ...
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Former species
*''Trichoptilus bidens'' is now ''
Prichotilus bidens
''Prichotilus bidens'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from the Khasi Hills of India.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For exampl ...
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Oxyptilini
Moth genera
Taxa named by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham
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