Exelastis pumilo (Zeller)

Pooni, H. S., Pathania, P. C. & Katewa, Amit, 2019, Plume moths of family Pterophoridae (Microlepidoptera) from Shiwaliks of North-West India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (3) : -

4. Exelastis pumilo (Zeller)

Mimeseoptilus pumilio Zeller, 1873 . Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 23: 324.

Material examined: Punjab: Patiala district, Punjabi University, Patiala , 250mASL, 4.iii.1998, 2ex, 12 -

14.v. 1998, 8 exs., 3-25.x., 1999, 35 exs,; Himachal Pradesh: Sirmour district, Renuka Lake , 740mASL ,

29.vii.2001, 2exs., Solan district , Chambaghat , 25.09. 1999, 8 exs, Palampur district , CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur , 27.v.2001, 1ex.; Uttarakhand: Dehradun district , Forest Research Institute, 700mASL , 2-8.ix.1999, 7 exs.; Chandigarh, 330mASL, 20.ix.1999, 3 exs., 20.viii.2016, 1ex. coll. Harjit Singh & P. C. Pathania

Distribution: Cosmopolitan ( Fletcher, 1931; Gielis, 1993).

Remarks: Cosmopolitan in distribution and is the most commonest species of this genus. The species has identified by examined male and female genitalia figures ( Gielis, 1993).