Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hellula galapagensis
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
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).
- 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.