Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Coccotrypes dactyliperda
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Herbivore, in wood; in Puerto Ayora village; June; at UV light. The species breeds mostly in seeds of various palms, but it can also attack the seeds and nuts of many tropical tree species.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Curculionoidea
Family
Curculionidae
Section
Dryocoetini
Genus
Coccotrypes
Species
dactyliperda
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1991
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Food contaminant
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz
- Bright, D.E. Peck, S.B. (1998) Scolytidae from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, with Descriptions of Four New Species, New Distribution Records, and a Key to Species (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Koleopterol. Rundschau 68: 233-252.
- 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. (2006) The Beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera) NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 314 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Coccotrypes dactyliperda", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12089. Accessed 3 November 2026.