Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Echmepteryx madagascariensis
Scavenger; found on many plant species in the agricultural zone; usually an inhabitant of dead persistent leaves; March-May.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Suborder
Trogiomorpha
Family
Lepidopsocidae
Genus
Echmepteryx
Species
madagascariensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1967
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, Santa Cruz
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
- Thornton, I.W.B. Woo, A.K.T. (1973) Psocoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Pacific Insects 15(1): 1-58.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Echmepteryx madagascariensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10424. Accessed 8 June 2026.