''Exelastis'' is a genus of

plume moth 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 ...

s in 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 ...

. There are more than 20 described species in ''Exelastis''.

Species

These 21 species belong to the genus ''Exelastis'': * '' Exelastis atomosa'' (Walsingham, 1885) * ''

Exelastis boireaui ''Exelastis boireaui'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Co ...

'' Bigot, 1992 * ''

Exelastis caroli ''Exelastis caroli'' is a moth of the family Pterophoroidea. It is found in Kenya, inhabiting the coastal dunes. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For ex ...

'' Gielis, 2008 * '' Exelastis crepuscularis'' Meyrick, 1909 * '' Exelastis crudipennis'' (Meyrick, 1932) * '' Exelastis dowi'' Matthews & Landry, 2008 * '' Exelastis ebalensis'' (Rebel, 1907) * '' Exelastis hulstaerti'' Gielis, 2011 * '' Exelastis luqueti'' Gibeaux, 1994 * ''

Exelastis montischristi ''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 Tanzania (; ), offi ...

'' (Walsingham, 1897) * '' Exelastis pavidus'' (Meyrick, 1908) * '' Exelastis phlyctaenias'' (Meyrick, 1911) * '' Exelastis pilum'' Gielis, 2009 * '' Exelastis pumilio'' (Zeller, 1873) * '' Exelastis rhynchosiae'' (Dyar, 1898) * ''

Exelastis robinsoni ''Exelastis robinsoni'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from the Comoros The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in sou ...

'' Gibeaux, 1994 * '' Exelastis sarcochroa'' (Meyrick, 1932) * ''

Exelastis tenax ''Exelastis pumilio'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It has worldwide tropical distribution, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Japan, Micronesia, South Afr ...

'' (Meyrick, 1913) * '' Exelastis viettei'' Gibeaux, 1994 * ''

Exelastis vuattouxi ''Exelastis vuattouxi'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republ ...

'' Bigot, 1970

References

Former species

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Exelastis bergeri ''Exelastis crudipennis'' is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from the Congo, MalawiExelastini Moth genera {{Exelastini-stub