''Utetheisa galapagensis'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. It is known only from the Galápagos island of San Cristóbal. It is probably endemic to the archipelago. Larvae have been reared on '' Tournefortia pubescens'', but probably also feed on other '' Tournefortia'' species.

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Two new species of Utetheisa Hübner (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Arctiinae) from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
galapagensis Endemic fauna of the Galápagos Islands Moths of South America Moths described in 1860 {{Callimorphina-stub