Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Callopistria floridensis
Not reared on the Galapagos Islands. Known as the Florida Fern caterpillar in the U.S.A. (Hayes, 1975).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Noctuoidea
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Callopistria
Species
floridensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela, Pinta, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz (Hayes, 1975; Linsley, 1977), Fernandina, FIoreana, Santiago (Roque, 2006).
- 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.
- 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, Callopistria floridensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7114. Accessed 31 October 2026.