Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Origin: Endemic

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

Distribution: Isabela (Williams, 1912), Baltra, Floreana, Pinzón, Santa Cruz (Hayes, 1975) (Linsley, 1977), Fernandina, Genovesa, Marchena, Santiago, Seymour Norte (Roque, 2006).

• 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. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
• Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
• Parkin, P. Parkin D.T., Ewing, A.W. & Ford, H.A. (1972) A report on the arthropods collected by the Edinburgh University Galapagos Islands Expedition, 1968. The Pan-pacific Entomologist 48: 100-107.
• Roger Perry Tjitte de Vries (2003) Notes on the distribution and breeding ecology of Galapagos lepidoptera Revista Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
• Roque-Albelo, L. (2001) The Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos Islands: their identification, distribution, and host plants, with new records. Mitteil. schweiz. Entomol. Ges. - Bull. Soc. Entomol. Suisse 74: 217-226.
• 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)
• Williams, F.X. (1911) Expedition of the California Acadmey of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands 1905-1906. - 3. The butterflies and hawk-moths of the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Acadmey of Sciences, Fourth Series 1: 289-322.