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genus

Exelastis

Exelastis is a genus in the family Pterophoridae. This database currently files 18 species under it, recorded across 69 countries.

Species filed
18
Threatened
0
Countries recorded
69
With a free photo
0%
Weight range
Not recorded

Best-known members of Exelastis

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Where is Exelastis found?

Species on file in this genus listed for each country. Checklist listings, which are incomplete for many species; not range maps.

Tanzania: 7 speciesUnited States of America: 4 speciesIndonesia: 2 speciesArgentina: 1 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 8 speciesKenya: 5 speciesChad: 1 speciesHaiti: 1 speciesBahamas: 3 speciesSouth Africa: 6 speciesMexico: 1 speciesBrazil: 2 speciesBolivia: 2 speciesColombia: 1 speciesCosta Rica: 1 speciesBelize: 1 speciesSuriname: 1 speciesEcuador: 1 speciesPuerto Rico: 2 speciesJamaica: 2 speciesCuba: 1 speciesZimbabwe: 7 speciesNamibia: 1 speciesMali: 1 speciesNigeria: 2 speciesCameroon: 3 speciesGhana: 4 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 2 speciesGuinea: 3 speciesLiberia: 1 speciesSierra Leone: 3 speciesGabon: 1 speciesZambia: 1 speciesMalawi: 7 speciesMozambique: 1 specieseSwatini: 3 speciesMadagascar: 6 speciesGambia: 1 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 2 speciesOman: 4 speciesThailand: 1 speciesLaos: 2 speciesIndia: 3 speciesNepal: 3 speciesPakistan: 1 speciesIran: 1 speciesAustralia: 1 speciesSri Lanka: 1 speciesChina: 1 speciesPhilippines: 2 speciesJapan: 1 speciesParaguay: 3 speciesYemen: 1 speciesEthiopia: 7 speciesUganda: 4 species
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale
  1. Congo - Kinshasa8
  2. Ethiopia7
  3. Malawi7
  4. Tanzania7
  5. Zimbabwe7
  6. Madagascar6
  7. South Africa6
  8. Kenya5
  9. Ghana4
  10. Oman4
  11. Uganda4
  12. United States4
  13. Bahamas3
  14. Cameroon3
  15. Guinea3
  16. India3
  17. Comoros3
  18. Nepal3
  19. Paraguay3
  20. Sierra Leone3

All species in Exelastis

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
Dwarf plume mothExelastis pumilioPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded54
Monte Christi plume mothExelastis montischristiPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded21
Snout-bean plume mothExelastis rhynchosiaePterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Dow's plume mothExelastis dowiPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded3
Not recordedExelastis atomosaPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded13
Not recordedExelastis boireauiPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded2
Not recordedExelastis crepuscularisPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded10
Not recordedExelastis crudipennisPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded8
Not recordedExelastis ebalensisPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded7
Not recordedExelastis hulstaertiPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded2
Not recordedExelastis luquetiPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedExelastis phlyctaeniasPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded16
Not recordedExelastis pilumPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded3
Not recordedExelastis robinsoniPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedExelastis sarcochroaPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded2
Not recordedExelastis tenaxPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded5
Not recordedExelastis vietteiPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded1
Not recordedExelastis vuattouxiPterophoridaeNot recordedNot recorded9