Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Corythaica wolfiana
Phytophagous; host plant: Scalesia species; arid to pampa zones; February, June.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Heteroptera
Superfamily
Tingoidea
Family
Tingidae
Section
Tingini
Genus
Corythaica
Species
wolfiana
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- Drake, C.J. Froeschner, R.C. (1967) Lace bugs of the Galápagos Archipelago (Hemiptera: Tingidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 69(1): 82-91.
- Froeschner, R.C. (1985) Synopsis of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 407: 1-84.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Corythaica wolfiana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11191. Accessed 2 November 2026.