Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Unadilla maturella
Only two specimens collected on Santa Cruz Island
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Pyraloidea
Family
Pyralidae
Genus
Unadilla
Species
maturella
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2004
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
- Landry, B. Neunzig, H.H. (2006) Additions to the Phycitinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) of the Galapgos Islands, Ecuador, with descriptions of a new species of Caudellia Dyar. Bulletin de la Scoiété Entomologique Suisse 79: 1-6.
- 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, Unadilla maturella", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7373. Accessed 1 November 2026.