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Thyrinteina infans Herbulot, 1970

Side of antennal shaft than on other) extending almost to end of structure; those of females shortly pectinate and white. Process of fore tarsus in female is very short, being about one-fourth or one-fifth length of segment. Upper surface of wings white, with scattered grayish brown or brownish scales; cross lines usually rather weakly represented; t. a. line angular; t. p. line outwardly projecting on veins M; and Cu,, and again on anal vein, with smaller teeth on most of other veins; discal dots varying from being solid black and prominent, to circular and gray, to obsolescent on all wings. Hind wings similar in color and maculation to forewings, but lacking basal line. Under surface white, with forewings being suffused with gray; maculation obsolescent or absent. Sexes alike in color and maculation but not in size. Length of forewings of males, 9 to 10 mm., that of females, 13 to 16 mm (Rindge, 1973).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Geometroidea

Family
Geometridae

Genus
Thyrinteina

Species
infans

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

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

Distribution: Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago (Landry & Rindge 1995; Roque, 2006).

References

  • Hayes, A.H. (1975) The larger moths of the Galápagos Islands (Geometroidea: Sphingoidea & Noctuoidea). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., 4th series, 40(7): 145-208.
  • Herbulot, C. (1970) Lepidopteres Geometridae des îles Galápagos recueillis par M. et Mme. N. Leleup. Lambillionea 69(7-12): 17-25.
  • Landry, B. Rindge, F.H. (1995) Additions to the Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, including a new species of Eupithecia. American Museum Novitates 3118: 1-10.
  • Linsley, E.G. (1977) Insects of the Galápagos (Supplement). Occassional Papers of the Califoria Academy of Sciences 125: 1-50.
  • Rindge, F.H. (1973) The Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates 2510: 1-31.
  • Roger Perry Tjitte de Vries (2003) Notes on the distribution and breeding ecology of Galapagos lepidoptera Revista Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
  • 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, Thyrinteina infans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7363. Accessed 31 October 2026.