Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Magusa orbifera
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Noctuoidea
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Magusa
Species
orbifera
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela (Schaus, 1923), Fernandina, Isabela (Roque, 2006).
- Linsley, E.G. Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Fourth Series 33(7): 113-196.
- Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
- Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
- Schaus, W. (1923) Galápagos Heterocera with descriptions of new species. Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society 5(2): 22-48.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Magusa orbifera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7253. Accessed 13 June 2026.