Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Psara chathamalis (Schaus, 1923)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Pyraloidea

Family
Pyralidae

Genus
Psara

Species
chathamalis

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Pilocrocis chathamalis Schaus, 1923;

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Santa Cruz, San Cristóbal, Seymour Norte (Schaus, 1923), Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, (Roque-Albelo, 2006), Santa Fe, Santiago (Landry, 2016).

References

  • 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
  • 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.
  • Schaus, W. (1923) Galápagos Heterocera with descriptions of new species. Zoologica, Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society 5(2): 22-48.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Psara chathamalis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7312. Accessed 6 June 2026.