Galapagos Species Database
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Disclisioprocta stellata
Antennae of males shortly serrate and doubly fasciculate; those of female simple. Palpi of both sexes extending well beyond front. Upper surface of all wings dark brown, with numerous blackish wavy lines, and with discal spot usually represented on forewings at least; some sexual dimorphism in color present, with males tending to have basal and outer areas slightly paler than median area, with females being more unicolorous. Under surface buff or pale brownish gray, with black outer cross line and discal dots on all wings, and with apical area of forewing darkened. Length of forewing, 12 to 15 mm. Mate Genira.ia: Apex of(Landry & Rindge, 1995).
Food Plants: Cryptocarpus pyriformis Humboldt, Prsonta floribunda J. D. Hooker, and Commicarpus tuberosus Lamarck (all Nyctaginaceae) (Landry & Rindge, 1995).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Superfamily
Geometroidea
Family
Geometridae
Genus
Disclisioprocta
Species
stellata
Taxon category: Accepted
Scotosia stellata GUENEE, 1857, p. 443. Eucosmia stellata: Scuaus, 1923, p. 28. Camptogramma stellata: LINSLEY AND USINGER, 1966, p. 162. Disclisioprocta stellata: HERBULOT, 1970, p. 18; 1971, p. 11(Landry & Rindge, 1995).
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 1923
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Baltra, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Pinta, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago, Marchena, San Cristóbal y Seymour Norte (Rindge, 1973; Landry & Rindge, 1995; Peck et al., 1998; Roque, 2006).
- Causton, C.E. Peck, S. B., Sinclair, B. J., Roque-Albelo, L., Hodgson, C. J. & B. Landry. (2006) Alien insects: threats and implications for the conservation of the Galapagos Islands. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 99(1), 121-143.
- 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.
- McMullen, C.K. (2010) Nocturnal and diurnal pollination of Clerodendrum molle (Verbenaceae) in the Galápagos Islands Plant Syst Evol (2011) 292:15-23
- Peck, S.B. Heraty, J., Landry, B. & Sinclair, B.J. (1998) Introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Am. Entomol. 44: 218-237.
- Rindge, F.H. (1973) The Geometridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands. American Museum Novitates 2510: 1-31.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Disclisioprocta stellata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=7390. Accessed 10 June 2026.