Galapagos Species Database

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Tebenna galapagoensis Heppner & Landry, 1994

Polilla metálica de Galápagos, Galapagos metal-metal mark moth

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Choreutoidea

Family
Choreutidae

Genus
Tebenna

Species
galapagoensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Status

Vulnerable

References

  • Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
  • Heppner, J.B. Landry, B. (1994) A new Tebenna species from the Galápagos Islands (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 5(2): 123-125.
  • 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, Tebenna galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6985. Accessed 27 June 2025.