Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Anomis illita
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).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Noctuoidea
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Anomis
Species
illita
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz (Hayes, 1975).
- 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.