Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Year of first record: 2001

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: Potentially Invasive

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, Floreana.

• Causton, C.E. Sevilla, C. (2008) Latest Records of Introduced Invertebrates in Galapagos and Measures to control them. Galapagos Report 2006-2007, CDF, GNP and INGALA, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador, p. 142-145.
• Henry, T.J. Wilson, M.R. (2004) First Records of Eleven True Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Galápagos Islands, with Miscellaneous notes and corrections to published reports. J. New York Entomol. Soc 112(1): 75-86.