Plume moths of family Pterophoridae (Microlepidoptera) from Shiwaliks of North-West India Author Pooni, H. S. Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala - 1470002, Punjab, India; harjitpooni @ yahoo. co. in Author Pathania, P. C. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700 053, West Bengal, India Author Katewa, Amit Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala - 1470002, Punjab, India; harjitpooni @ yahoo. co. in text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2019 119 3 journal volume 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i3/2019/143334 2581-8686 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 ).