Kaliwatan sa alibangbang ang Exelastis dowi.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Matthews ug Landry ni adtong 2008.^[2] Ang Exelastis dowi sakop sa kahenera nga Exelastis, ug kabanay nga Pterophoridae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• Bahamas
• Belize
• Tinípong Bángsà

Walay nalista nga matang nga sama niini.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 42761581. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Matthews, D.L. & Landry, B. (2008) Description of a new species of Exelastis from the neotropics, with keys to adults of the four species occuring in Florida , Tropical Lepidoptera Research 18: 62-69
3. ↑ Gielis C. & Hobern D. (2019). Pterophoroidea: Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World (version 1.0, Feb 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.