Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Tebenna galapagoensis
Polilla metálica de Galápagos, Galapagos metal-metal mark moth
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Choreutoidea
Family
Choreutidae
Genus
Tebenna
Species
galapagoensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Isabela, Pinta, Santa Cruz, Santiago (Heppner & Landry, 1994), Fernandina, Pinta (Roque-Albelo, 2006).
- 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. (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.
- Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Tebenna galapagoensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6985. Accessed 30 October 2026.