Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

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

Distribution: Marchena, Española, Floreana, Genovesa Isabela, Pinzón, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz (Hayes, 1975; Linsley, 1977), Pinta, Rábida, Santa Fe (Roque, 2006).

• Becker, V. O. Miller, S. E. (2002) Large moths of Guana Island, British Virgin Islands: a survey of efficient colonizers (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae, Notodontidae, Noctuidae, Arctiidae, Geometridae, Hyblaeidae, Cossidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 56 (1): 9–44.
• Hayes, A.H. (1975) The larger moths of the Galápagos Islands (Geometroidea: Sphingoidea & Noctuoidea). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., 4th series, 40(7): 145-208.
• Jourdain, F. Girod, R., Vassal, J. M., Chandre, F., Lagneau, C., Fouque, F., ... & Robert, V. (2012) The moth Hylesia metabus and French Guiana lepidopterism: centenary of a public health concern. Journal de la Société Française de Parasitologie, 19(2), 117.
• 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.
• Todd, E.L. (1972) Descriptive and Synonymical notes for some species of Noctuidae from the Galapagos Islands (Lepidoptera). Journal Washinton Academy of Science 62(1): 36-40.