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Ocrasa nostralis (Guenée, 1854)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Pyraloidea

Family
Pyralidae

Genus
Ocrasa

Species
nostralis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2003

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Food contaminant

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

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, Ocrasa nostralis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7277. Accessed 16 July 2025.