Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cadra cautella
Stored product pest.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Pyraloidea
Family
Pyralidae
Genus
Cadra
Species
cautella
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1975
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Food contaminant
Introduced status: Human dependent
Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive
- Causton, C.E. Peck, S. B., Sinclair, B. J., Roque-Albelo, L., Hodgson, C. J. & B. Landry. (2006) Alien insects: threats and implications for the conservation of the Galapagos Islands. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 99(1), 121-143.
- Landry, B. Neunzig, H.H. (2006) Additions to the Phycitinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) of the Galapgos Islands, Ecuador, with descriptions of a new species of Caudellia Dyar. Bulletin de la Scoiété Entomologique Suisse 79: 1-6.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cadra cautella", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7113. Accessed 31 October 2026.