Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Celiptera remigioides Guenée, 1852

The hindwing of this species varies from yellow to fuscous (Hayes, 1975).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Noctuoidea

Family
Noctuidae

Genus
Celiptera

Species
remigioides

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: Genovesa, Santa Cruz (Hayes, 1975; Linsley, 1977), Isabela (Roque, 2006).

References

  • 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.
  • Schaus, W. (1923) Galápagos Heterocera with descriptions of new species. Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society 5(2): 22-48.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Celiptera remigioides", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7121. Accessed 5 June 2026.