Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Perigonia lusca
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Bombycoidea
Family
Sphingidae
Genus
Perigonia
Species
lusca
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela, Seymour Norte, Santa Cruz (Roque, 2006). Pinzón (ejemplar 55645).
- 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.
- 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)
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"Galapagos Species Database, Perigonia lusca", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7289. Accessed 6 June 2026.