Exelastis pumilio
{{Short description|Species of plume moth}}
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| image = Hepalastis pumilio (16738473754).jpg
| genus = Exelastis
| species = pumilio
| authority = (Zeller, 1873)
| synonyms =
- Mimeseoptilus pumilio Zeller, 1873
- Marasmarcha liophanes Meyrick, 1886
- Mimaesoptilus gilvidorsis Hedemann, 1896 (not Zeller, 1877)
- Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
- Marasmarcha tenax Meyrick, 1913[https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=15534689 On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic)]
- Exelastis tenax (Meyrick, 1913)
- Leioptilus griseodactylus Pagenstecher, 1900
- Marasmarcha griseodactylus
- Hellinsia griseodactylus
}}
Exelastis pumilio is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It has worldwide tropical distribution, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Japan, Micronesia, South Africa the Virgin Islands as well as Queensland and New Guinea.[http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Lepidoptera/Pterophoridae/Exelastis/Exelastis%20pumilio.htm www.papua-insects.nl]Gielis, C., 2003. Review of the Pterophoridae from New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera). Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 77(21): 349-391.
The wingspan is 12–15 mm. Adults are on wing in March, April and June.
Foodplants
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Desmodium incanum, Alysicarpus vaginalis and Oxalis sp.Bainbrigge Fletcher, T., 1932, Life Histories Of Indian Microlepidoptera (1932), Scientific Monograph (2), Government of India, Imperial Council of Agricultural Research In India it was recorded feeding on Boerhaavia repens from India and Sri Lanka (Fletcher 1909, 1921) and Boerhaavia diffusa from Hawaii (Zimmerman 1958). In Guam some specimens were obtained from Boerhaavia sp.[http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/iom9-3.pdf Yano, Clarke & Yoshiyasu, 1996. Insects of Micronesia Volume 9, no. 3 Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae]
Taxonomy
External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110406100938/http://wiki.trin.org.au/PlumeMoths/HepalastisPumilio Trin Wiki]
- [http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/pter/pumilio.html Australian Insects]
- {{cite journal |last=Gielis |first=C. |date=2006 |url=http://repository.naturalis.nl/document/41270 |title=Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera) |journal=Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden |volume=80-2 |issue=1}}
- [http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/iom9-3.pdf Insects of Micronesia Volume 9, no. 3 Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae]
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Category:Moths described in 1873
Category:Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller
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