Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Galapaganus howdenae
Gorgojo, Weevil
Herbivore; agriculture zone, on Erythrina, Musa paradisiaca and Coffea; April–September.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Suborder
Polyphaga
Superfamily
Curculionoidea
Family
Curculionidae
Section
Naupactini
Genus
Galapaganus
Species
howdenae
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1999
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz
- Lanteri, A.A. (1992) Systematics, cladistics and biogeography of a new weevil genus, Galapaganus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the Galápagos Islands, and Coasts of Ecuador and Perú. Transact. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 118(2): 227-267.
- Peck, S.B. (2006) The Beetles of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera) NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 314 pp.
- Sequeira, A.S. Lanteri, A.A., Scataglini, M.A., Confalonieri, V.A. & Farrell, B.D. (2000) Are flightless Galapaganus weevils older than the Galápagos islands they inhabit? Heredity 85: 20-29.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Galapaganus howdenae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5891. Accessed 2 November 2026.