Ephysteris sporobolella Landry, 2010: 710

Betancourt-Cargua, Lenyn, Román, Andrea C., Vilema-Ramos, Bryan & Pinto, C. Miguel, 2024, First catalog (1964 - 2024) of type insects in the Invertebrates Collection of the Charles Darwin Research Station (ICCDRS), Galápagos Islands-Ecuador, Zootaxa 5551 (3), pp. 479-511 : 494-495

Ephysteris sporobolella Landry, 2010: 710 ( Fig. 48 )

PARATYPES [24]: ( ICCDRS 47278 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Isabela, NE slope [Volcán] Alcedo , near shore, S 00° 23.829’, W 91° 01.957’, 292 m elev[ation]., 30/III/2004, U[ltra] V [iolet] L[ight]. Bernard Landry and Patrick Schmitz; ( ICCDRS 47279 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Santa Cruz, littoral zone, Tortuga Bay , 29/I/1989, M[ercury] V [apor] L[amp], leg. Bernard Landry; ( ICCDRS 47280 ) partially damaged. Ecuador, Galápagos, San Cristóbal, pampa zone, 18/II/1989, M[ercury] V [apor] L[amp], leg. Bernard Landry; ( ICCDRS 47281 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Santiago, Aguacate [camp], 520 m elev[ation]., 6/IV/1992, M[ercury] V [apor] L[amp], leg. Bernard Landry ; ♂ ( ICCDRS 47282 ) partially damaged. Ecuador, Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Conway Bay , 30/ VI /1999, Criada en Sporobolus virginicus , leg. Lázaro Roque ; ♂ ( ICCDRS 47283 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Española, Bahía Manzanillo , 29/IV/1992, M[ercury] V [apor] L[amp], leg. Bernard Landry ; ♂ ( ICCDRS 47284 ) partially damaged , ♂ ( ICCDRS 47295 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Santa Cruz, C [harles]. D[arwin]. R [esearch]. S[tation]., [El] Barranco , 11/XI/1999, M[ercury] V [apor] L[amp], leg. Lázaro Roque; ( ICCDRS 47285 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Isabela, [Volcán] Alcedo, lado NE, camp[amento] Pega-Pega , 400 m elev[ation]., 15/IV/2002, U[ltra] V [iolet] L[ight], leg. Bernard Landry and Lázaro Roque; ( ICCDRS 47286 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Pinta, Cabo Ibbetson, N 00° 32.819’, W 90° 44.229’, 8 m elev[ation]., 15/III/2006, U[ltra] V [iolet] L[ight], leg. Patrick Schmitz and Lázaro Roque ; ♀ ( ICCDRS 47287 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Floreana, close to Las Palmas [farm]., S 01° 17.049’, W 90° 28.305’, 154 m, 15/IV/2004, U[ltra] V [iolet] L[ight], leg. Patrick Schmitz ; ♀ ( ICCDRS 47288 ) partially damaged. Ecuador, Galápagos, Genovesa, Bahía Darwin , 25/III/1992, M[ercury] V [apor] L[amp], leg. Bernard Landry ; ♀ ( ICCDRS 47289 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Genovesa, Bahía Darwin , 10/III/1992, M[ercury] V [apor] L[amp], leg. Bernard Landry ; ♀ ( ICCDRS 47290 ) , ♀ ( ICCDRS 47292 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Wolf , N 01° 23.380’, W 91° 49.201’, 7/II/2002, U[ltra] V [iolet] L[ight], leg. Lázaro Roque and Charlotte Causton ; ♀ ( ICCDRS 47291 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Pinzón, plaja Escondida , 20/IV/2002, U[ltra] V [iolet] L[ight], leg. Bernard Landry and Lázaro Roque ; ♀ ( ICCDRS 47293 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Isabela, Tagus Cove , 13/ V /1992, M[ercury] V [apor] L[amp], leg. Bernard Landry ; ♀ ( ICCDRS 47294 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Santa Fe, Tourist trail, 28/ V /1992, M[ercury] V [apor] L[amp], leg. Bernard Landry; ( ICCDRS 47296 ) partially damaged. Ecuador, Galápagos, Marchena , no precise locality, 23/III/1992, M[ercury] V [apor] L[amp], leg. Bernard Landry ; ♂ ( ICCDRS 47297 ) partially damaged. Ecuador, Galápagos, Santa Cruz, [Charles] [Darwin] [Research] [Station], [El] Barranco , S 00° 44’ 34’’, W 90° 18’21’’, 10 m elev[ation]., 26/I/2000, M[ercury] V [apor] L[amp], LR # 2000-01, leg. Lázaro Roque; ( ICCDRS 47298 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Seymour Norte, Arid zone, 23/I/1989, M[ercury] V [apor] L[amp], leg. Bernard Landry ; ♀ ( ICCDRS 47299 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Fernandina, Punta Espinosa , 12/ V /1992, M[ercury] V [apor] L[amp], leg. Bernard Landry; ( ICCDRS 47300 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Pinta , arid zone, 15/III/1992, M[ercury] V [apor] L[amp], leg. Bernard Landry ; ♀ ( ICCDRS 47301 ) good. Ecuador, Galápagos, Isabela, [Volcán] Alcedo , lado NE, low arid zone, bosque [de] palo santo, 18/IV/2002, U[ltra] V [iolet] L[ight], leg. Bernard Landry and Lázaro Roque.

Remark: The collecting locality of plaja Escondida is properly spelled Playa Escondida.

Figures

FIGURES 37–48. 37, Cosmopterix galapagosensis, 38, Cosmopterix madeleinae, 39, Cosmopterix yvani, 40, Ithome volcanica, 41, Periploca longipenis, 42, Stilbosis schmitzi, 43, Haplochrois galapagosalis, 44, Utetheisa connerorum, 45, Utetheisa henrii, 46, Chionodes stefaniae, 47, Ephysteris scimitarella, 48, Ephysteris sporobolella.