Exelastis pavidus

Exelastis pavidus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa.

Exelastis pavidus
Scientific classification
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]

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. 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.


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