Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Year of first record: 1923

Distribution: Baltra, Daphne, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Gardner, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago (Schaus (1923), Hayes (1975), Linsley (1977), Perry and de Vries (2003), Roque-Albelo (2006)).

• Causton, C.E. Peck, S. B., Sinclair, B. J., Roque-Albelo, L., Hodgson, C. J. & B. Landry. (2006) Alien insects: threats and implications for the conservation of the Galapagos Islands. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 99(1), 121-143.
• Hayes, A.H. (1975) The larger moths of the Galápagos Islands (Geometroidea: Sphingoidea & Noctuoidea). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., 4th series, 40(7): 145-208.
• Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
• 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.
• Roger Perry Tjitte de Vries (2003) Notes on the distribution and breeding ecology of Galapagos lepidoptera Revista Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
• Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
• Schaus, W. (1923) Galápagos Heterocera with descriptions of new species. Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society 5(2): 22-48.