Galapagos Species Database
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Macrorrhinia pinta
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Pyraloidea
Family
Pyralidae
Genus
Macrorrhinia
Species
pinta
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Pinta (Neunzig & Landry,1997), Española, Fernandina, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinzón, Rábida, Santa Fe, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Seymour Norte, Santiago, Wolf (Roque-Albelo, 2006).
- Landry, B. Neunzig, H.H. (2006) Additions to the Phycitinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) of the Galapgos Islands, Ecuador, with descriptions of a new species of Caudellia Dyar. Bulletin de la Scoiété Entomologique Suisse 79: 1-6.
- Landry, B. Neunzig, H.H. (1998) A review of the Phycitinae of the Galápagos Islands (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Entomol. Scand. 28: 493-508.
- 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, Macrorrhinia pinta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6600. Accessed 1 November 2026.