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Dow's plume moth

Exelastis dowi Matthews & Landry, 2008

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The dow's plume moth (Exelastis dowi) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Bahamas, Belize and United States.

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Quick facts about the dow's plume moth

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the dow's plume moth live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The dow's plume moth is listed for 3 countries.

United States of AmericaBahamasBelize
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Bahamas
  2. Belize
  3. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the dow's plume moth endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dow's plume moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusExelastis
  7. SpeciesExelastis dowi Matthews & Landry, 2008

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dow's plume moth

Other species in the same genus Exelastis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the dow's plume moth live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the dow's plume moth for 3 countries: Bahamas, Belize and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the dow's plume moth?

The dow's plume moth (Exelastis dowi) belongs to the family Pterophoridae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dow's plume moth (Exelastis dowi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dows-plume-moth

MLA

“Dow's plume moth (Exelastis dowi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dows-plume-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{dows_plume_moth_2026,
  title = {Dow's plume moth (Exelastis dowi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dows-plume-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}