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Exelastis montischristi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Exelastis
Species:	E. montischristi
Binomial name
Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897)
Synonyms
Pterophorus montischristi Walsingham, 1897 Pterophorus cervinicolor Barnes & McDunnough, 1913

Exelastis montischristi is a species of moth in the genus Exelastis known from Hispaniola, Ecuador, Grenada, Jamaica, Martinique, the Virgin Islands, Florida and Texas. It has also been recorded from Tanzania.

Adults take flight in January, July and August, and have a wingspan of about 16 millimetres.

Its host plant is Rhynchosia minima.

References

1. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti)
2. Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80–2 (1).
3. Description of a New Species of Exelastis (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the Neotropics, With Keys to Adults of the Four Species Occurring in Florida
4. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Exelastis montischristi (Walsingham, 1897)". Afromoths. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
5. Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80–2 (1).
6. Description of a New Species of Exelastis (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the Neotropics, With Keys to Adults of the Four Species Occurring in Florida

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