Ketapangia regulifera is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Ryukyu Islands), Malaysia (Sarawak, West Malaysia, Kedah and Pahang), the Philippines (Luzon) and Taiwan.[2]

Ketapangia regulifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Ketapangia
Species:
K. regulifera
Binomial name
Ketapangia regulifera
(Meyrick, 1933)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops regulifera Meyrick, 1933

The wingspan is 6.8–8.4 mm.

The larvae feed on Terminalia catappa. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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