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Galagete cinerea Landry, 2002

Polilllas oscuras, Obscure moths

Galagete cinerea Landry, 2002 in the Invertebrates Collection (ICCDRS 47145). Photo: ICCDRS Collection.
Galagete cinerea Landry, 2002 in the Invertebrates Collection (ICCDRS 47145). Photo: ICCDRS Collection.

Galagete cinerea is a relatively small grey species with poorly contrasting darker markings. It could be confused only with G. seymourensis, which is also mostly grey, but G. seymourensis has more contrasting markings, is slightly larger (wingspan between 13.0 and 14.0 mm), and has wider forewings. In the female genitalia, G. cinerea has a signum on the bursa , whereas G. seymourensis does not. In the male genitalia, G. cinerea has the costa of the valva strongly melanized with a projection and a long transtilla whereas G. seymourensis has no process or stronger melanization on the costa of the valva and the transtilla is short (Landry, 2002)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Gelechioidea

Family
Autostichidae

Genus
Galagete

Species
cinerea

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Isabela (Landry, 2002; Roque, 2006).

References

  • Betancourt-Cargua, L. Román, A.C., Vilema-Ramos, B., Pinto C. M (2024) First catalog (1964–2024) of type insects in the Invertebrates Collection of the Charles Darwin Research Station (ICCDRS), Galápagos Islands—Ecuador Zootaxa 5551 (3): 479–511
  • Landry, B. (2002) Galagete, a new genus of Autostichidae representing the first case of an extensive radiation of endemic Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 109(4): 813-868.
  • 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, Galagete cinerea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5876. Accessed 1 November 2026.