Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cadrema pallida
mosca, fly
Reared on Tournefortia pubescens. This species is recorded from low-lying and coastal habitats from a number of oceanic islands and the continental mainland and was probably introduced by human activity (Wheeler & Forrest 2003).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Suborder
Brachycera
Family
Chloropidae
Genus
Cadrema
Species
pallida
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1932
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Pantropical; Baltra, Isabela, Santa Cruz.
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Sinclair, B. J. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Zootaxa, 5283, 1-102
- Sinclair, B.J. Peck, S.B. (2005) An annotated checklist of the Diptera of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador). Charles Darwin Research Station, unpublished, 64 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cadrema pallida", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5637. Accessed 2 November 2026.