Exelastis pavidus

Exelastis pavidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Exelastis
Species:	E. pavidus
Binomial name
	Exelastis pavidus; (Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
	Pterophorus pavidus Meyrick, 1908;

Exelastis pavidus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa.

The species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. Its type locality is Polokwane, South Africa.^[2]

It has been regarded as a junior synonym of Marasmarcha bonaespei.^[3]

Distribution[]

In addition to South Africa, this species has also been found in the Budongo Forest and Minziro Forest of Uganda.^[4]

^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Marasmarcha pavidus (Meyrick, 1908)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
^ ^a ^b Meyrick, E. (1908). "Notes and Descriptions of Pterophoridæ and Orneodidæ". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 55 (4): 493–494. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1907.tb01775.x.
^ Ustjuzhanin, P. Ya.; Kovtunovich, V. N. (2013). "On the Fauna of Plume Moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Zimbabwe" (PDF). Amurian Zoological Journal. 5 (2): 157.
^ Gielis, Cees (2011). "Notes on Some African Pterophoridae, with Descriptions of New Species (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa. 49: 48.

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