Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Tota galdinella
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Pyraloidea
Family
Pyralidae
Genus
Tota
Species
galdinella
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Santa Cruz, Isabela, Seymour Sur (Schaus, 1923), Baltra, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Marchena, Pinta, Rábida, San Cristóbal, Santa Fe, Santiago (Roque-Albelo, 2006).
- Landry, B. Neunzig, H.H. (1998) A review of the Phycitinae of the Galápagos Islands (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Entomol. Scand. 28: 493-508.
- 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.
- 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, Tota galdinella", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7366. Accessed 1 November 2026.