Biology:Exelastis phlyctaenias
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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. phlyctaenias
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| Exelastis phlyctaenias (Meyrick, 1911)
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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]
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". http://www.zoosprint.org/ZooPrintJournal/2005/March/1787-1803.pdf.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ "Taxonomic Studies on the Superfamily Pterophoroidea from North-Western India". http://www.zoosprint.org/ZooPrintJournal/2005/March/1787-1803.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q5419976 entry
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