Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Stilbosis schmitzi
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Gelechioidea
Family
Cosmopterigidae
Genus
Stilbosis
Species
schmitzi
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: MHNG. male. 20.II.2005. leg. B. Landry; in Roque-Albelo & Landry (2006) as Stilbosis sp.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: San Cristóbal y Santa Cruz (Landry & Roque, 2008).
- Landry, B. Roque-Albelo, L. (2008) Additions to the Cosmopterigidae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, with description of a new species of Stilbosis Clemens. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 115(2): 303-309.
- Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Stilbosis schmitzi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12140. Accessed 8 June 2026.