Exelastis phlyctaenias

Exelastis phlyctaenias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Exelastis
Species:
E. phlyctaenias
Binomial name
Exelastis phlyctaenias
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Marasmarcha phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911

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 and India (Coorg), Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, La Réunion, Mauritius, Madagascar, Malawi and South Africa.

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. Adults are on wing in October on the Virgin Islands.

Larvae have been recorded on Anacardium occidentale (Cashew tree) (Anacardiaceae) and Cajanus indicus (Fabaceae).

References

  1. ↑ Review of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) from the Philippines
  2. ↑ "Taxonomic Studies on the Superfamily Pterophoroidea from North-Western India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
  3. ↑ Afro Moths
  4. ↑ "Taxonomic Studies on the Superfamily Pterophoroidea from North-Western India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-09. Retrieved 2010-10-06.