Exelastis montischristi

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Exelastis
Species:
E. montischristi
Binomial name
Exelastis montischristi
(Walsingham, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus montischristi Walsingham, 1897
  • Pterophorus cervinicolor Barnes & McDunnough, 1913

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
  1. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)
  2. 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).
  3. Description of a New Species of Exelastis (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the Neotropics, With Keys to Adults of the Four Species Occurring in Florida
  4. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897)". Afromoths. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. 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).
  6. Description of a New Species of Exelastis (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the Neotropics, With Keys to Adults of the Four Species Occurring in Florida
  7. 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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