Exelastis phlyctaenias
Exelastis phlyctaenias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from the Virgin Islands, the islands of Luzon and Palawan in the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Kenya[1] and India (Coorg),[2] Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, La Réunion, Mauritius, Madagascar, Malawi and South Africa.[3]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Exelastis |
| Species: | E. phlyctaenias |
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| Exelastis phlyctaenias (Meyrick, 1911) | |
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The wingspan is 15–16 mm. Adults are on wing in October on the Virgin Islands.
Larvae have been recorded on Anacardium occidentale[4] (Cashew tree) (Anacardiaceae) and Cajanus indicus (Fabaceae).
References
- Meyrick, E. 1911f. Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera. - Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 21:104–106.
- Review of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) from the Philippines
- "Taxonomic Studies on the Superfamily Pterophoroidea from North-Western India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- Afro Moths
- "Taxonomic Studies on the Superfamily Pterophoroidea from North-Western India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
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