Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cyclophora impudens
Polilla de la oruga medidora, Inchworm moth
Antennae of males pectinate for about two-thirds their length; those of females appearing simple, but very shortly ciliate below. Both sexes with very long palpi extending well beyond front, being twice as long as eye. Upper surface of wings with color and pattern rather variable; color ranging from pale brown (usually in older specimens) to darker brown and dark gray; maculation of forewings usually rather weakly represented, with dark t. a. and t. p. lines, prominent, large discal spot, and more or less mottled subterminal area. Hind wings similar in color and pattern to primaries. Under surface gray or light brown, with little or no maculation. Length of forewing, 6 to 7 mm (Warren, 1904).
Foop PLants: Acacia macracantha Willdenow (Leguminosae), Croton scoul ertJ .D . Hooker (Euphorbiaceae), and Cordia lutea Lamarck (Boraginaceae) (Warren, 1904).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Geometroidea
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Cyclophora
Species
impudens
Taxon category: Accepted
Perixera impudens WARREN, 1904, p. 487. Perixera ? impudens: ScHaus, 1923, p. 28. Cosymbia impudens: LINSLEY AND UsincEr, 1966, p. 162. Cyclophora impudens: Hersutot, 1970, p. 18; 1971, p. 11.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española. This is one of the most widespread geometrids in the (Warren, 1904).
- Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
- Herbulot, C. (1970) Lepidopteres Geometridae des îles Galápagos recueillis par M. et Mme. N. Leleup. Lambillionea 69(7-12): 17-25.
- Hayes, A.H. (1975) The larger moths of the Galápagos Islands (Geometroidea: Sphingoidea & Noctuoidea). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., 4th series, 40(7): 145-208.
- Landry, B. Rindge, F.H. (1995) Additions to the Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, including a new species of Eupithecia. American Museum Novitates 3118: 1-10.
- Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
- Rindge, F.H. (1973) The Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates 2510: 1-31.
- Warren, W. (1904) New Thyrididae and Geometridae from the Oriental regions Novitates Zool. 11: 483-492.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cyclophora impudens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7144. Accessed 28 April 2025.