Biology:Exelastis

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Short description: Plume moth genus

Exelastis
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Exelastis pumilio, Florida
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Marasmarchini
Genus: Exelastis
Meyrick, 1908
Synonyms[1]
  • Karachia Amsel, 1968
  • Marasmarcha auct., not Meyrick, 1886
  • Hepalastis Gibeaux, 1994
  • Cordivalva Gibeaux, 1994

Exelastis is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae.[2][3]

Species

(As of May 2023), the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following 19 species for genus Exelastis:[1]


References

Former species

  • Exelastis bergeri Bigot, 1969

Wikidata ☰ Q10759847 entry