| FAMILY |
Pterophoridae |
| SUBFAMILY |
Pterophorinae
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| GENUS |
Exelastis |
| SPECIES |
caroli
|
| AUTHOR | Gielis, 2008 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Exelastis caroli spec. nov. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Kenya, Coast, 18 km S of Malindi, Watamu, 15 m, 14.iii.2005, leg. C. & F. K. Gielis.
|
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES |
Latitude: -3°22'10"
Longitude: 39°59'20"
|
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide C. Gielis 4967♂, coll. C. Gielis.
|
| STATUS |
Synonym of species |
| SYNONYM OF | ebalensis |
| COMMENT | A junior subjective synonym of Exelastis ebalensis Rebel, 1907; synonymized by P. Ustjuzhanin & V. Kovtunovich (2015b: 581). |
| PUBLICATION |
Gielis C. 2008f. Ten new species of Afrotropical Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera). - Zoölogische Mededelingen, Leiden 82(6):43-57.
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| PAGINATION |
48, figs 6, 16
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