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Galagete seymourensis Landry, 2002

Polilla, Moth

Galagete seymourensis Landry, 2002 in the Invertebrate Collection (ICCDRS 47144). Photo: ICCDRS Collection.
Galagete seymourensis Landry, 2002 in the Invertebrate Collection (ICCDRS 47144). Photo: ICCDRS Collection.

Among the species of Galagete, G. seymourensis can be distinguished by its large size (wingspan between 13.0 and 14.0 mm) and by its forewing maculation appearing grey with paler (almost white) and darker (almost black) spots. Particularly distinctive are the two darker spots along the forewing’s midline sub- and postmedially. Galagete turritella may have similar markings, but it is smaller, averaging 10.0 to 11.0 mm in wingspan (maximum 12.0 mm), and its forewing appears more chestnut brown than grey. Galagete cinerea is also a grey species, but it is smaller (wingspan: 12.8 mm), the forewings are narrower, and the forewing markings are poorly contrasted and reduced (Landry, 2002).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Gelechioidea

Family
Autostichidae

Genus
Galagete

Species
seymourensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Holotype: MHNG. male. gen. slide no. BL 1133. 29.III.1992. B. Landry Paratypes, Ecuador: 3 ® (two dissected, BL 1169, 1344) from the Galapagos Island of Seymour Norte, collected on 23.1.1989 at MVL by B. Landry. (CDRS, CNC, MHNG) (Landry, 2002).

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Seymour Norte (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)

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