Exelastis montischristi

Exelastis montischristi
Scientific classification
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 .

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