Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
 (previously known as Mimeseoptilus pumilio)
PTEROPHORINAE,   PTEROPHORIDAE,   PTEROPHORIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Exelastis pumilio
(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moth of this species is pale brown with one or more dark marks on each forewing.

Exelastis pumilio
(Photo: courtesy of Geoff Byrne, Kununurra, Western Australia)

The species has been found around the tropics, such as

  • Hong Kong,
  • Philippines,
  • Sri Lanka,
  • U.S.A.,

    as well as in Australia in:

  • Western Australia,
  • Northern Territory, and
  • Queensland.

    Exelastis pumilio
    (Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

    Further reading :

    Philipp C. Zeller,
    Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Nordamerikanischen Nachtfälter, besonders der Microlepidopteren, Abtheilung 2,
    Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien,
    Band 23 (1873), p. 324, No. 7.

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    (updated 23 April 2010, 26 June 2026)