Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Chionodes stefaniae
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Gelechioidea
Family
Gelechiidae
Genus
Chionodes
Species
stefaniae
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: MHNG. male. 17.V.1992. leg. B. Landry; in Roque-Albelo & Landry (2006) as Chionodes sp.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, San Cristóbal y Santa Cruz (Roque, 2006; Schmitz & Landry, 2007).
- Landry, B. Roque-Albelo, L. (2010) The Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, a taxonomic revision. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 117(4): 697-770.
- 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)
- Schmitz, P. Landry, B. (2007) Two new species of Chionodes Hübner from Ecuador, with a summery of known Galapagos records of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera). Suisse de Zoologie 114(2): 175-184.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chionodes stefaniae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7123. Accessed 5 June 2026.