Galapagos Species Database
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Galagete turritella españolaensis
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Gelechioidea
Family
Autostichidae
Genus
Galagete
Species
turritella
Subspecies
españolaensis
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Landry & Schmitz (2008) propose to down-rank G. espanolaensis Landry, 2002 as a subspecies of G. turritella Landry , 2002 occurring on both San Cristobal and Española.
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Española (Landry, 2002; Roque, 2006).
- Landry, B. Schmitz, P. (2008) A striking new endemic species of Galagete Landry (Lepidoptera, Autostichidae) from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Rev. Suisse Zool. 115(3): 575-583.
- Landry, B. (2002) Galagete, a new genus of Autostichidae representing the first case of an extensive radiation of endemic Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 109(4): 813-868.
- 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)
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"Galapagos Species Database, Galagete turritella españolaensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7191. Accessed 5 June 2026.