Exelastis montischristi

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Exelastis montischristi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Exelastis
Species:
E. montischristi
Binomial name
Exelastis montischristi
(Walsingham, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus montischristiWalsingham, 1897
  • Pterophorus cervinicolorBarnes & McDunnough, 1913

Exelastis montischristi is a species of moth in the genus Exelastis known from Hispaniola, [1] Ecuador, Grenada, Jamaica, Martinique, the Virgin Islands, [2] Florida and Texas. [3] It has also been recorded from Tanzania. [4]

Adults take flight in January, July and August, and have a wingspan of about 16 millimetres. [5] [6]

Its host plant is Rhynchosia minima .

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References

  1. ↑ Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)
  2. ↑ Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80–2 (1).
  3. ↑ Description of a New Species of Exelastis (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the Neotropics, With Keys to Adults of the Four Species Occurring in Florida
  4. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897)". Afromoths. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80–2 (1).
  6. ↑ Description of a New Species of Exelastis (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the Neotropics, With Keys to Adults of the Four Species Occurring in Florida


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