Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Year of first record: 1965

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Food contaminant

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

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

Distribution: Floreana, Isabela, Marchena, Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, Santiago (Peck et al., 1998; 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.
• Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
• Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
• Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.