Galapagos Species Database

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Platyptilia vilema Landry, 1993

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Pterophoroidea

Family
Pterophoridae

Genus
Platyptilia

Species
vilema

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Status

Vulnerable

Distribution

Distribution: Isabela, Pinta (Landry, 1993), Fernandina (Roque, 2006), San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Floreana (Base datos ICCDRS).

References

  • Landry, B. (1993) Additions to the knowledge of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos archipelago, Ecuador, with decriptions of two new species. Zool. Med. 67(34): 473-485.
  • Landry, B. Roque-Albelo, L. & Matthews, D.L. (2004) Supplemental additions to the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) with descriptions of a new species of Adaina Tutt. Mitteil. schweiz. Entomol. Ges. - Bull. Soc. Entomol. Suisse 77: 289-310.
  • 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)
  • Roque-Albelo, L. (2003) Population Decline of Galapagos endemic Lepidoptera on Volcán Alcedo (Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador): An effect of the introduction of the cottony cushion scale? Bulletin de L'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 73: 177-180.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Platyptilia vilema", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6820. Accessed 31 October 2026.