''Exelastis pilum'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Pterophoridae The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblag ...

. It is found in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

References

* , 2009: On a collection of ''Pterophoridae'' (Lepidoptera) from Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. ''Revue Suisse de Zoologie'' 116 (2): 223-256. Moths described in 2009 Exelastini Insects of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Moths of Africa Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{Exelastini-stub