Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Fulrada carpasella
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Pyraloidea
Family
Pyralidae
Genus
Fulrada
Species
carpasella
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz (Schaus, 1923), Española, Floreana, Isabela, Pinzón, Rabida, San Cristóbal, Santa Fe, Seymour Norte, Santiago (Roque-Albelo, 2006).
- Landry, B. Neunzig, H.H. (1998) A review of the Phycitinae of the Galápagos Islands (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Entomol. Scand. 28: 493-508.
- Landry, B. Neunzig, H.H. (2006) Additions to the Phycitinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) of the Galapgos Islands, Ecuador, with descriptions of a new species of Caudellia Dyar. Bulletin de la Scoiété Entomologique Suisse 79: 1-6.
- 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.
- 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)
- Schaus, W. (1923) Galápagos Heterocera with descriptions of new species. Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society 5(2): 22-48.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Fulrada carpasella", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7185. Accessed 4 June 2026.