Exelastis montischristi
Appearance
Exelastis montischristi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Exelastis |
Species: | E. montischristi
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Binomial name | |
Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897)
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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
[edit]- ^ Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)
- ^ 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).
- ^ Description of a New Species of Exelastis (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the Neotropics, With Keys to Adults of the Four Species Occurring in Florida
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897)". Afromoths. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ^ 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).
- ^ Description of a New Species of Exelastis (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the Neotropics, With Keys to Adults of the Four Species Occurring in Florida