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Galagete griseonana Schmitz & Landry, 2005

Polilla, Moth

Galagete griseonana Schmitz & Landry, 2005 in the Invertebrates Collection (ICCDRS 47076). Photo: ICCDRS Collection.
Galagete griseonana Schmitz & Landry, 2005 in the Invertebrates Collection (ICCDRS 47076). Photo: ICCDRS Collection.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Gelechioidea

Family
Autostichidae

Genus
Galagete

Species
griseonana

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Santa Cruz (Schmitz & Landry, 2005).

References

  • Betancourt-Cargua, L. Román, A.C., Vilema-Ramos, B., Pinto C. M (2024) First catalog (1964–2024) of type insects in the Invertebrates Collection of the Charles Darwin Research Station (ICCDRS), Galápagos Islands—Ecuador Zootaxa 5551 (3): 479–511
  • Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
  • Schmitz, P. Landry, B. (2005) Two new taxa of Galagete (Lepidoptera, Autostichidae) from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 112(2): 511-517.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Galagete griseonana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7193. Accessed 10 June 2026.