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Exelastis montischristi is a species of moth in the genus Exelastis known from Hispaniola,[1] Ecuador, Grenada, Jamaica, Martinique, the Virgin Islands,[2] Florida and Texas.[3] It has also been recorded from Tanzania.[4]
| Exelastis montischristi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Exelastis |
| Species: | E. montischristi |
| Binomial name | |
| Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897) | |
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Adults take flight in January, July and August, and have a wingspan of about 16 millimetres.[5] The forewings are light grayish brown with mixed beige scales and some scattered dark brown scales and the hindwings are uniformly dark grayish brown with somewhat lighter fringes.[6]
Its host plant is Rhynchosia minima. The larvae are mostly found on small seedling plants and only rarely on mats of older vines. Final instar larvae are about 9 mm long and light green with a dark green middorsal line and raised ivory longitudinal ridges.[7]
References
- Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)
- Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80–2 (1).
- Description of a New Species of Exelastis (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the Neotropics, With Keys to Adults of the Four Species Occurring in Florida
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897)". Afromoths. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80–2 (1).
- Description of a New Species of Exelastis (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the Neotropics, With Keys to Adults of the Four Species Occurring in Florida
- Description of a New Species of Exelastis (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the Neotropics, With Keys to Adults of the Four Species Occurring in Florida
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