Exelastis ebalensis

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Exelastis ebalensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Exelastis
Species:
E. ebalensis
Binomial name
Exelastis ebalensis
(Rebel, 1907) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Alucita ebalensisRebel, 1907
  • Exelastis caroliGielis, 2008
  • Pterophorus ashantiArenberger, 1995
  • Karachia xylochromellaAmsel, 1968

Exelastis ebalensis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It has been recorded from Kenya, [lower-alpha 1] Ghana, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Oman and Yemen. [2]

Description

Cees Gielis described Exelastis caroli—which has since been synonymized to Exelastis ebalensis [2] —as having a wingspan of 13 mm, pale-ochreous white forewings with some darker scales and pale grey fringes, and pale ochreous-white hindwings and fringes. [4]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ As Exelastis caroli [3]
  1. ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. "Exelastis ebalensis". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Family Pterophoridae". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  3. ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. "Exelastis caroli". Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  4. ↑ Gielis, Cees (2008). "Ten new species of Afrotropical Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen. Leiden. 82 (6): 48. ISSN   0024-0672 . Retrieved 11 May 2023.

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