Galapagos Species Database

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

Xylophanes tersa tersa (Linnaeus, 1771)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Lepidoptera

Superfamily
Bombycoidea

Family
Sphingidae

Genus
Xylophanes

Species
tersa

Subspecies
tersa

Taxon category: Species with Infraspecific Taxa

Origin: Native

Distribution

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

Distribution: San Cristóbal (Williams, 1912), Santiago (Hayes, 1975; Linsley, 1977), Floreana, Isabela, Santa Cruz (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.
  • 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.
  • 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. (2006) Diversity and ecology of the Lepidoptera in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
  • Roque-Albelo, L. (2001) The Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) of the Galápagos Islands: their identification, distribution, and host plants, with new records. Mitteil. schweiz. Entomol. Ges. - Bull. Soc. Entomol. Suisse 74: 217-226.
  • Roque-Albelo, L. Landry, B. (2016) CDF Checklist of Galapagos Butterflies and Moths Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, 32 pp.
  • Williams, F.X. (1911) Expedition of the California Acadmey of Sciences to the Galapagos Islands 1905-1906. - 3. The butterflies and hawk-moths of the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Acadmey of Sciences, Fourth Series 1: 289-322.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Xylophanes tersa tersa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7386. Accessed 31 October 2026.