Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Anomis illita Guenée, 1852

Foodplant. Hibiscus tiliaceus. Larva. Head green, spotted black. Body pale, purplish brown; anal plate green. The single larva found was feeding on the flower of the above hostplant (Hayes, 1975).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Noctuoidea

Family
Noctuidae

Genus
Anomis

Species
illita

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Santa Cruz (Hayes, 1975).

References

  • Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
  • Hayes, A.H. (1975) The larger moths of the Galápagos Islands (Geometroidea: Sphingoidea & Noctuoidea). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., 4th series, 40(7): 145-208.
  • Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Anomis illita", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7094. Accessed 31 May 2025.