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Heliodines galapagoensis (Heppner & Landry, 1994)

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).

Taxonomy

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

Distribution

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

Distribution: Baltra, Genovesa, Espanola, Isabela, Pinta, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Seymour Norte (Heppner & Landry, 1994).

References

  • Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
  • Heppner, J.B. Landry, B. (1994) A new sun moth from the Galápagos Islands (Lepidoptera: Heliodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 5(2): 126-128.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Heliodines galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6485. Accessed 22 July 2025.