Biology:Exelastis pavidus
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Short description: Species of plume moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Exelastis |
| Species: | E. pavidus
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| Exelastis pavidus (Meyrick, 1908)[1]
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Exelastis pavidus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa .
The species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. Its type locality is Polokwane, South Africa.[2]
It has been regarded as a junior synonym of Marasmarcha bonaespei.[3]
Distribution
In addition to South Africa, this species has also been found in the Budongo Forest and Minziro Forest of Uganda.[4]
References
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Marasmarcha pavidus (Meyrick, 1908)". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/01MARPAV. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Meyrick, E. (1908). "Notes and Descriptions of Pterophoridæ and Orneodidæ". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 55 (4): 493–494. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1907.tb01775.x. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13535035.
- ↑ Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya.; Kovtunovich, V. N. (2013). "On the Fauna of Plume Moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Zimbabwe". Amurian Zoological Journal 5 (2): 157. http://xn--90ae0bq.xn--p1ai/azj/articles/V_V_2/4.pdf.
- ↑ Gielis, Cees (2011). "Notes on Some African Pterophoridae, with Descriptions of New Species (Lepidoptera)". Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 49: 48. http://sea-entomologia.org/Publicaciones/PDF/BOLN_49/033063BSEA49PterophoridaeinAfrica.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q5419974 entry
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