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