Exelastis montischristi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Exelastis |
Species: | E. montischristi
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Binomial name | |
Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897)
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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]
Adults take flight in January, July and August, and have a wingspan of about 16 millimetres.[5] [6]
Its host plant is Rhynchosia minima.