Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Year of first record: 1923

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

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

Distribution: Isabela (Landry, 2004), Baltra, Española, Floreana, Genovesa, Marchena, Pinta, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago (Landry, 1993; Roque, 2006).

• Causton, C.E. Peck, S. B., Sinclair, B. J., Roque-Albelo, L., Hodgson, C. J. & B. Landry. (2006) Alien insects: threats and implications for the conservation of the Galapagos Islands. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 99(1), 121-143.
• Landry, B. Roque-Albelo, L. & Matthews, D.L. (2004) Supplemental additions to the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) with descriptions of a new species of Adaina Tutt. Mitteil. schweiz. Entomol. Ges. - Bull. Soc. Entomol. Suisse 77: 289-310.
• Landry, B. (1993) Additions to the knowledge of Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos archipelago, Ecuador, with decriptions of two new species. Zool. Med. 67(34): 473-485.
• 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)