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Ascalapha odorata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fringed noctuid

Fringed Noctuid (Ascalapha odorata), San Cristóbal, Galápagos. Photo: Frank Bungartz, CDF, 2007.
Fringed Noctuid (Ascalapha odorata), San Cristóbal, Galápagos. Photo: Frank Bungartz, CDF, 2007.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Noctuoidea

Family
Noctuidae

Genus
Ascalapha

Species
odorata

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: Widespread in the neotropical region. Galápagos Islands: Floreana, San Cristóbal, 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. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
  • 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, Ascalapha odorata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7101. Accessed 28 April 2025.