Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Nesosydne simulans
Planthoppers
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily
Fulgoroidea
Family
Delphacidae
Genus
Nesosydne
Species
simulans
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Santiago.
- Fennah, R.G. (1967) Fulgoroidea from the Galápagos Archipelago. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sceinces Fourth Series 35(4): 53-102.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Nesosydne simulans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6686. Accessed 3 November 2026.