Exelastis pavidus

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Exelastis pavidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Exelastis
Species:
E. pavidus
Binomial name
Exelastis pavidus
(Meyrick, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus pavidus Meyrick, 1908[2]

Exelastis pavidus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa. The species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. Its type locality is Polokwane, South Africa.[2] It has been regarded as a junior synonym of Marasmarcha bonaespei.[3]

Distribution

In addition to South Africa, this species has also been found in the Budongo Forest and Minziro Forest of Uganda.[4]

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Marasmarcha pavidus (Meyrick, 1908)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Meyrick, E. (1908). "Notes and Descriptions of Pterophoridæ and Orneodidæ". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 55 (4): 493–494. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1907.tb01775.x.
  3. Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya.; Kovtunovich, V. N. (2013). "On the Fauna of Plume Moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Zimbabwe" (PDF). Amurian Zoological Journal. 5 (2): 157.
  4. Gielis, Cees (2011). "Notes on Some African Pterophoridae, with Descriptions of New Species (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa. 49: 48.