Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Heliodines galapagoensis
This small species is noteworthy for its prominent hind legs, having large black hair tufts with markings of silver and orange. The wing maculation is noteworthy for the pale yellow mark near the wing base in some females; this is not evident in most males (Heppner & Landry, 1994).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Yponomeutoidea
Family
Heliodinidae
Genus
Heliodines
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Aetole galapagoensis (Heppner & B. Landry, 1994);
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Baltra, Española, Genovesa, Isabela, Pinta, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Seymour Norte (Heppner & Landry, 1994), Florena, Marchena, Rabida, San Cristobal (Roque, 2006).
- Heppner, J.B. Landry, B. (1994) A new sun moth from the Galápagos Islands (Lepidoptera: Heliodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 5(2): 126-128.
- 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, Heliodines galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6485. Accessed 4 June 2026.