Galapagos Species Database
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Clogmia albipunctata
mosca de la humedad, mosca palomilla, mosca chica, mosca del baño, mosca del drenaje, mosquito, moth flies, drain flies, sink flies, sewer gnats
Reported breeding in sinks, drains, tree holes, and pools. Collected from wet walls of water tank at CDRS. This species has been reported breeding in sinks, drains, tree holes and shallow pools in human settlements (Quate 1954), and consequently it has likely been introduced with humans to the islands.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Nematocera
Family
Psychodidae
Genus
Clogmia
Species
albipunctata
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1985
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
- 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.
- Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102
- Sinclair, B.J. Peck, S.B. (2005) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Clogmia albipunctata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12207. Accessed 3 November 2026.