Galapagos Species Database

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

Spodoptera latifascia (Walker, 1856)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Noctuoidea

Family
Noctuidae

Genus
Spodoptera

Species
latifascia

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1975

Distribution

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

Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz (Hayes, 1975).

References

  • Crow, C. M. (2022) The Ecology and Dispersal of the Avian Vampire Fly in Its Native and Invasive Ranges (Master's thesis, Northern Illinois University)
  • Hayes, A.H. (1975) The larger moths of the Galápagos Islands (Geometroidea: Sphingoidea & Noctuoidea). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., 4th series, 40(7): 145-208.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Spodoptera latifascia", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25037. Accessed 6 November 2026.