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Oecia oecophila (Staudinger, 1876)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Gelechioidea

Family
Schistonoeidae

Genus
Oecia

Species
oecophila

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2001

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: On habitat material (soil, vegetation)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

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, Oecia oecophila", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7278. Accessed 11 April 2026.