Galapagos Species Database
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Acrocercops serrigera galapagosensis
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Gracillarioidea
Family
Gracillariidae
Genus
Acrocercops
Species
serrigera
Subspecies
galapagosensis
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Holotype: MHNG. male. 1.IV.1992. B. Landry; in Roque-Albelo & Landry (2006) as Acrocercops sp.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz y Santiago (Landry, 2006).
- Landry, B. (2006) The Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera: Gracillarioidea) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, with notes on some of their relatives. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 113(3): 437-485.
- 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, Acrocercops serrigera galapagosensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7075. Accessed 31 October 2026.