Galapagos Species Database
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Patania silicalis
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Pyraloidea
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Patania
Species
silicalis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Santa Cruz, Isabela, Santiago, San Cristóbal, Seymour Norte (Schaus, 1923), Fernandina, Marchena, Rábida (Roque-Albelo, 2006).
- 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
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Patania silicalis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18607. Accessed 3 November 2026.