Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Bactra philocherda
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Tortricoidea
Family
Tortricidae
Genus
Bactra
Species
philocherda
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1989
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz, Santiago
- Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
- Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
- Razowski, J. Landry, B. & Roque-Albelo, L. (2008) The Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 115(1): 185-220.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Bactra philocherda", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7107. Accessed 4 June 2025.