Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Platynota colobota
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Tortricoidea
Family
Tortricidae
Genus
Platynota
Species
colobota
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Isabela, Santa Cruz, Santiago (Roque, 2006), Floreana (Base de datos)
- 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.
- Meyrick, E. (1926) On Micro-Lepidoptera from the Galapagos Islands and Rapa. Transactions Royal Entomological Society of London 2: 269-278.
- Razowski, J. Landry, B. & Roque-Albelo, L. (2008) The Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 115(1): 185-220.
- Roque-Albelo, L. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
- 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, Platynota colobota", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7299. Accessed 9 June 2026.