Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Asciodes quietalis (Walker 1859)

Leaf feeder.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Pyraloidea

Family
Crambidae

Genus
Asciodes

Species
quietalis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Cryptogenic

Distribution

Distribution: Darwin, Fernandina, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Wolf (Roque-Albelo, 2006), Española, Genovesa (Landry, 2016).

References

  • 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.
  • Landry, B. (2016) Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l.) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Revue suisse de Zoologie (September 2016) 123(2): 315-399 - ISSN 0035-418
  • 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.
  • 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, Asciodes quietalis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16796. Accessed 1 November 2026.