Galapagos Species Database
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Thyrinteina umbrosa
The moths have much browner wings than are found in infans; the males are darker than the females. The length of the forewings varies from 9.1 to 11.2 mm in the males (n = 5); in the females, from 12.1 to 16.7 mm (n = 24) (Landry & Rindge, 1995).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Geometroidea
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Thyrinteina
Species
umbrosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Fernandina, Isabela, Santiago, and Santa Cruz Islands (Landry & Rindge, 1995).
- Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
- Hayes, A.H. (1975) The larger moths of the Galápagos Islands (Geometroidea: Sphingoidea & Noctuoidea). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., 4th series, 40(7): 145-208.
- 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.
- Herbulot, C. (1971) Deuxieme note sur les Lepidopteres Geometridae des Iles Galapagos. Ibid. 71:11-15.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Thyrinteina umbrosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7364. Accessed 23 May 2025.