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Povolnya leucapennella (Stephens, 1835)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Gracillarioidea

Family
Gracillariidae

Genus
Povolnya

Species
leucapennella

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2026

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

García-Ruilova, A. B. Donoso, D. A., Basset, Y., Carrión-Olmedo, J. C., Garcés-Carrera, S., Jarrín-V, P., Muñoz-Tobar, S. I., Padhye, S., Perez, K. H. J., Sones, J. E., Quiñónez-Sánchez, D., Sánchez, P., Smith, M. A., Janzen, D. H., Hallwachs, W., Hebert, P. D. N., & Inclán, D. J. (2026) Barcoding Megadiversity: An Arthropod Database from Sites in the Neotropical Eastern Pacific Bioregion. Sci Data 13, 1026. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07465-z

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"Galapagos Species Database, Povolnya leucapennella", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25687. Accessed 6 November 2026.