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Tribe Marasmarchini

Exelastis pumilio Exelastis pumilio Green-bodied plume moth - Exelastis Plume Moth - Exelastis Plume moth - unidentified - Exelastis Plume Moth ID request - Exelastis pumilio - male - female Exalastis sp? - Exelastis Exelastis pumilio  - Exelastis pumilio
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pterophoroidea (Plume Moths)
Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)
Subfamily Pterophorinae (Five-lobed Plume Moths)
Tribe Marasmarchini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Marasmarchini Tutt, 1906
Exelastini Gielis, 2000
Identification
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Guide to the Genera of the Tribe Marasmarchini
Timothy Reichard, September 2023

Exelastis is the only genus in this tribe occurring north of Mexico.