Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Melipotis acontioides producta
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Noctuoidea
Family
Noctuidae
Genus
Melipotis
Species
acontioides
Subspecies
producta
Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz, Seymour Norte, Isabela (Schaus, 1923), Española, Floreana, (Hayes, 1975; Linsley, 1977), Baltra, Marchena, Pinzon, San Cristobal (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)
- 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, Melipotis acontioides producta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7259. Accessed 8 June 2026.