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Periploca longipenis Landry, 2001

Polillas de cosmet, Cosmet moth

Head scales brown to greyish brown, beige tipped, slightly shining. Haustellum scales greyish brown, tipped off-white. Labial palpus dark greyish brown, almost black laterally, medially with scales greyish brown at base and white apically; third segment about as long as second. Ocellus present. Antennal scape mostly dark greyish brown, with scales only slightly beige tipped, except at apex, more prominently beige tipped; pecten’s unique scale narrow, basally yellowish beige, dark greyish brown in middle, apically off-white to white and pointed, obtuse, or notched; flagellum greyish brown, darker and with beige-tipped scales on basal few (4-5) segments, with raised scales from about 1/3.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Gelechioidea

Family
Cosmopterigidae

Genus
Periploca

Species
longipenis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Isabela y Santa Cruz, Marchena, Pinzón (Landry, 2001; Roque, 2006).

References

  • 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.
  • Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
  • Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)

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"Galapagos Species Database, Periploca longipenis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6780. Accessed 31 October 2026.