apicalis (Williston)

Euxesta apicalis Williston, 1896: 375 .

Acrosticta apicalis: Steyskal 1966: 486 [review]; Steyskal 1968: 13 [catalogue]; Linsley 1977: 40 [checklist]; Causton et al. 2006: 135 [introduced species].

Acrosticta scrobiculata of authors (misidentification): Curran 1932: 354 [records]; Linsley & Usinger 1966: 168 [checklist].

Distribution. Introduced. Cosmotropical; Galápagos: Floreana, Marchena (ICCDRS), San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz.

Remarks. This species is common from littoral to agricultural zones. Adults have been collected on flowers of Jasminocereus thouarsii (F.A.C.Weber) Backeb. (Jaramillo et al. 2010) .