| Exelastis rhynchosiae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Exelastis |
| Species: | E. rhynchosiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Exelastis rhynchosiae (Dyar, 1898) | |
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Exelastis rhynchosiae is a species of moth in the genus Exelastis , known from Arkansas and Florida in the United States. It is restricted to specific habitats with dry or well drained sandy soils such as pine flatwoods, pine-turkey oak sandhills, sandy open areas of high live oak hammocks, or sand pine-evergreen scrub on ancient dunes where the hostplants grow. [1]
Adults are on wing from April to November, and have a wingspan of 12–18 millimetres. [1]
The larvae feed on Rhynchosia cinerea and possibly Rhynchosia latifolia . [1]
