Galapagos Species Database

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Cryptolectica lazaroi Landry, 2006

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Gracillarioidea

Family
Gracillariidae

Genus
Cryptolectica

Species
lazaroi

Taxon category: Accepted

Holotype: CNC. male. 8.II.1989. B.Landry; in Roque-Albelo & Landry (2006) as Cryptolectica sp.

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: San Cristóbal y Santa Cruz (Landry, 2006).

References

  • Landry, B. (2006) The Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera: Gracillarioidea) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, with notes on some of their relatives. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 113(3): 437-485.
  • 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, Cryptolectica lazaroi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7142. Accessed 9 June 2026.