Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Platyptilia vilema
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Pterophoroidea
Family
Pterophoridae
Genus
Platyptilia
Species
vilema
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Isabela, Pinta (Landry, 1993), Fernandina (Roque, 2006), San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Floreana (Base datos ICCDRS).
- 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.