Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Platyptilia nigroapicalis B. Landry & Gielis, 1992;

Origin: Endemic

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

Distribution: Isabela, Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, Floreana, Pinta (Landry, 2004), Floreana, (Landry & Gielis, 1992; Roque, 2006).

• Landry, B. Roque-Albelo, L. & Matthews, D.L. (2004) Supplemental additions to the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) with descriptions of a new species of Adaina Tutt. Mitteil. schweiz. Entomol. Ges. - Bull. Soc. Entomol. Suisse 77: 289-310.
• Landry, B. (1993) Additions to the knowledge of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos archipelago, Ecuador, with decriptions of two new species. Zool. Med. 67(34): 473-485.
• Landry, B. Gielis, C. (1992) A synopsis of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Zool. Verhandelingen 276: 3-42.
• Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
• Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.