Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Hellula galapagensis Landry, 2008

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Pyraloidea

Family
Pyralidae

Genus
Hellula

Species
galapagensis

Taxon category: Accepted

B. Landry (2012): in Roque-Albelo & Landry (2006) as Hellula sp.

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Floreana, Santiago, Seymour norte, Isabela (Landry & Roque-Albelo, 2008).

References

  • Landry, B. Roque-Albelo, L. (2008) The Glaphyriinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, with keys to the Neotropical species of Hellula Guenée. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 151: 193-203.
  • Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Hellula galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7220. Accessed 4 June 2026.