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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]

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

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


  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.
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