Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Astrotischeria scalesiaella
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Tischerioidea
Family
Tischeriidae
Genus
Astrotischeria
Species
scalesiaella
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Santa Cruz, Wolf (Landry & Roque-Albelo, 2004; Roque, 2006).
- Landry, B. Roque-Albelo, L. (2004) First report of Tischeriidae (Lepidoptera) on the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, with descriptions of two new endemic species. Rev. Suisse Zool. 111(3): 599-609.
- Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
- Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Astrotischeria scalesiaella", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5562. Accessed 10 June 2026.