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Stegasta francisci Landry, 2010

Host plant is unknown. Collected between 100 and 1100m in elevation in the Galapagos. Specimens were collected between February and May, and also in October.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Gelechioidea

Family
Gelechiidae

Genus
Stegasta

Species
francisci

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela (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.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Stegasta francisci", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16359. Accessed 5 November 2026.