Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Leucania championi
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Noctuoidea
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Leucania
Species
championi
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Substrate or host preferences: Seaside Dropseed Sporobolus virginicus (Linnaeus) Kunth was reported as food plant of L. championi (as M. solita ) on the Galápagos Islands (vide Hayes, 1975).
- Hayes, A.H. (1975) The larger moths of the Galápagos Islands (Geometroidea: Sphingoidea & Noctuoidea). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., 4th series, 40(7): 145-208.
- Mccabe, T. L., Adams, M. S. (2023) Five new species of the genus Leucania Ochsenheimer in Central America (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Zootaxa, 5256(3), 250-266.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Leucania championi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25024. Accessed 5 November 2026.