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Exelastis hulstaerti

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Exelastis hulstaerti is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Congo - Kinshasa and Tanzania.

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Quick facts about Exelastis hulstaerti

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
2 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Exelastis hulstaerti 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.

Exelastis hulstaerti is listed for 2 countries.

TanzaniaDem. Rep. Congo
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Congo - Kinshasa
  2. Tanzania

Is Exelastis hulstaerti 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 Exelastis hulstaerti classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusExelastis
  7. SpeciesExelastis hulstaerti Gielis, 2011

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Exelastis hulstaerti

Other species in the same genus Exelastis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Exelastis hulstaerti live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Exelastis hulstaerti for 2 countries: Congo - Kinshasa and Tanzania. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Exelastis hulstaerti?

Exelastis hulstaerti (Exelastis hulstaerti) 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). Exelastis hulstaerti (Exelastis hulstaerti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/exelastis-hulstaerti

MLA

“Exelastis hulstaerti (Exelastis hulstaerti).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/exelastis-hulstaerti.

BibTeX
@misc{exelastis_hulstaerti_2026,
  title = {Exelastis hulstaerti (Exelastis hulstaerti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/exelastis-hulstaerti},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}