Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Year of first record: 1899

Mode of introduction: Accidental

Introduction Pathway: Contaminant

Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)

Introduced status: Naturalized

Invasive status: No data

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Pinta, Rábida, Isabela, Genovesa, Floreana, Marchena, Santa Cruz, Santiago, San Cristóbal (Peck et al., 1998; Roque-Albelo, 2006; Landry, 2016).

• Causton, C.E. Peck, S. B., Sinclair, B. J., Roque-Albelo, L., Hodgson, C. J. & B. Landry. (2006) Alien insects: threats and implications for the conservation of the Galapagos Islands. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 99(1), 121-143.
• Landry, B. (2016) Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l.) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Revue suisse de Zoologie (September 2016) 123(2): 315-399 - ISSN 0035-418
• 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.
• Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
• 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.