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Calosima darwini Adamski & B. Landry, 1997

Polilla capsular de Darwin, Darwin casebearing moth

Head: Vertex and frontoclypeus with white scales intermixed with tricolored scales, basal % white, pale grayish brown distally, with a white apex; some specimens have mostly tricolored scales on vertex intermixed with white scales; outer surface of labial palpus pale grayish brown intermixed with white scales, mostly white to near distal margin of segments, inner surface white intermixed with few pale grayish-brown scales; antennal scape and pedicel white, flagellum pale brown; proboscis white intermixed with pale grayish-brown scales (Adamski & Landry, 1997).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Gelechioidea

Family
Coleophoridae

Genus
Calosima

Species
darwini

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Baltra, Floreana, Rabida, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Santiago (Adamski & Landry, 1997; Adamski & Landry, 2007).

References

  • Adamski, D. Landry, B. (1997) Additions to the blastobasinae (lepidoptera: coleophoridae) of the galapagos islands with description of a new holcocera clemens Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 53 (Suppl. 1), pp. 13–20, 2007
  • Adamski, D. Landry, B. (1997) Review of the Blastobasinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae) of the Galápagos Islands. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 99(2): 348-358.
  • Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
  • Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)

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"Galapagos Species Database, Calosima darwini", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7117. Accessed 6 June 2026.