Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

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

Distribution: San Cristóbal, Isabela (Schaus, 1923), Baltra, Española, Floreana, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz (Hayes, 1975; Linsley, 1977), Pinta, Rabida, Seymour Norte, Santa Fe, Santiago (Roque, 2006).

• Hayes, A.H. (1975) The larger moths of the Galápagos Islands (Geometroidea: Sphingoidea & Noctuoidea). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., 4th series, 40(7): 145-208.
• Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
• 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)
• Roque-Albelo, L. (2001) The Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos Islands: their identification, distribution, and host plants, with new records. Mitteil. schweiz. Entomol. Ges. - Bull. Soc. Entomol. Suisse 74: 217-226.
• Williams, F.X. (1911) Expedition of the California Acadmey of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands 1905-1906. - 3. The butterflies and hawk-moths of the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Acadmey of Sciences, Fourth Series 1: 289-322.