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Genus Exelastis

Exelastis montischristi - Hodges#6099.3 - Exelastis

Plume Moth ID request - Exelastis pumilio - male - female

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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

Genus Exelastis

Identification

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Guide to the Species of Genus Exelastis

The four species of the genus are treated well in the revision by Matthews & Landry 2008(1). Continue to that article for species accounts and an identification key.

Works Cited

1.	Description of a new species of Exelastis (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the Neotropics Deborah L. Matthews and Bernard Landry. 2008. Tropical Lepidoptera Research.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 4 February, 2007 - 1:00am
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