Galapagos Species Database

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Aristotelia sarcodes Walsingham, 1910

Found close to the sea shore, between February and April.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Gelechioidea

Family
Gelechiidae

Genus
Aristotelia

Species
sarcodes

Taxon category: Accepted

Distribution

Distribution: Floreana, san Cristóbal, santa Cruz, and seymour Norte) (Landry & Roque-Albelo, 2010).

References

  • Landry, B. Roque-Albelo, L. (2010) The Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, a taxonomic revision. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 117(4): 697-770.
  • Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)

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"Galapagos Species Database, Aristotelia sarcodes", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16358. Accessed 23 April 2026.