Exelastis pavidus
Appearance
Exelastis pavidus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Exelastis |
Species: | E. pavidus
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Binomial name | |
Exelastis pavidus | |
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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
[edit]In addition to South Africa, this species has also been found in the Budongo Forest and Minziro Forest of Uganda.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Marasmarcha pavidus (Meyrick, 1908)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya.; Kovtunovich, V. N. (2013). "On the Fauna of Plume Moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Zimbabwe" (PDF). Amurian Zoological Journal. 5 (2): 157.
- ^ Gielis, Cees (2011). "Notes on Some African Pterophoridae, with Descriptions of New Species (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa. 49: 48.