Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Psychoda savaiiensis
mosca de la humedad, mosca palomilla, mosca chica, mosca del baño, mosca del drenaje, mosquito, moth flies, drain flies, sink flies, sewer gnats
This species presence on the islands is likely the result of human introduction (Quate 1959).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Nematocera
Family
Psychodidae
Genus
Psychoda
Species
savaiiensis
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 Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.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, Psychoda savaiiensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12209. Accessed 2 November 2026.