Galapagos Species Database
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Ithome volcanica
Polilla cosmet volcánica, Cosmet moth
Ead shining, grey on face, dark brown dorsally. Haustellum pale grey. Labial palpus pale grey on dorsal edge, black elsewhere with a few white scales along ventral edge and apex of third segment. Antennal scape dark greyish brown except for off-white apical row of scales, with a one-scale pecten (although rarely two scales are present); flagellum basally dark greyish brown, changing to pale grey from middle. Thorax dark brown, almost black, with a slight shine. Legs medially off-white to pale yellow. Laterally, foreleg dark brown on coxa with white to yellowish-white spots at apex of femur, beyond middle and at apex of tibia, and at apex of tarsomeres I, II, and V. Midleg laterally dark brown except for pale-grey and beige coxa, and white to pale-yellow spots at apex of femur (made of 1-2 scales usually), beyond middle and at apex of tibia, and at apex of all tarsomeres (Landry, 2001).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Gelechioidea
Family
Cosmopterigidae
Genus
Ithome
Species
volcanica
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Distribution. Apparently endemic: Espanola, Floreana, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Seymour Norte (Landry, 2001).
- Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
- Landry, B. Roque-Albelo, L. (2008) Additions to the Cosmopterigidae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, with description of a new species of Stilbosis Clemens. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 115(2): 303-309.
- Landry, B. (2001) The Cosmopterigidae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Rev. Suisse Zool. 108(3): 513-539.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Ithome volcanica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6534. Accessed 17 May 2025.