Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

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

• 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.
• Pogue, M. G. (2013) Revised status of Chloridea Duncan and (Westwood), 1841, for the Heliothis virescens species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae) based on morphology and three genes. S Ystematic Entomology, 38(3), 523-542.
• 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.