Exelastis pumilio ( Zeller, 1873 )

Pathania, Prakash C., Das, Apurva & Chandra, Kailash, 2021, Catalogue of superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (Lepidoptera) of India, Zootaxa 4915 (2), pp. 201-236 : 209

30. Exelastis pumilio ( Zeller, 1873) ( Plate 2 , Fig. 11)

Mimesoptilus pumilio Zeller, 1873 ; Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 23: 324.

Marasmarcha liophanes Meyrick, 1886 ; Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1886: 19.

Stenoptilia gilvidorsis Hedemann, 1896 ; Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57: 8.

TL: U.S.A., Texas.

Distribution: India (Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand), Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chad, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Fatu Hiva, French Guiana, Galapagos Islands, Gambia, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, New Guinea, Palau, Paraguay, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rep. South Africa, Reunion Island, Seychelles, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, U.S.A., Virgin Islands, Zimbabwe.

Host: Fletcher (1931) listed Oxalis sp. ( Oxalidaceae ), Ambrosia artemisiaefolia (Asteraceae) , and Alysicarpus vaginalis (Fabaceae) . Robinson et al. (2001) added Cajanus cajan , Desmodium lineatum , D. scorpiurus , and Vicia (Fabaceae) .

Illustrations: Wing venation, male and female genitalia ( Gielis 1993: figs 75, 134, 198).

Figures

PLATE 2. Adult photographs of family Pterophoridae