Exelastis pumilio: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pterophoridae
- Genus
- Exelastis
- Species
- Exelastis pumilio
- Scientific Name
- Exelastis pumilio
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Exelastis pumilio
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.
The wingspan is 12–15 mm. Adults are on wing in March, April and June.
...Exelastis pumilio in languages:
- English
- Dwarf Plume Moth
- Japanese
- チャイロトリバ
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Exelastis atomosa
- Exelastis bergeri
- Exelastis boireaui
- Exelastis caroli
- Exelastis cervinicolor
- Exelastis crepuscularis
- Exelastis crudipennis
- Exelastis dowi
- Exelastis ebalensis
- Exelastis hulstaerti
- Exelastis luqueti
- Exelastis montischristi
- Exelastis pavidus
- Exelastis phlyctaenias
- Exelastis pilum
- Exelastis pumilio
- Exelastis rhynchosiae
- Exelastis robinsoni
- Exelastis tenax
- Exelastis viettei
- Exelastis vuattouxi
























































































































































