Exelastis dowi

Exelastis dowi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Exelastis
Species: E. dowi
Binomial name
Exelastis dowi
Matthews & B. Landry, 2008

Exelastis dowi is a species of moth in the genus Exelastis, known from the Bahamas, Belize and Florida in the United States.[1]

Adults are on wing in March in Florida and in April in the Bahamas and Belize, and have a forewing length of 6-9.5 millimetres. The forewings are light buff to light ochraceous-buff mixed with light tan scales and the hindwings are slightly darker than the forewing and uniformly ochraceous-tawny with medium gray fringes.[1]

Etymology

The species is named in honor of Mr. Linwood C. Dow who collected the holotype and paratypes from Key Largo, Florida and Belize.

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