List of Lepidoptera of Puerto Rico
Location of Puerto Rico
The Lepidoptera of Puerto Rico consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the island of Puerto Rico.
According to a recent estimate, there are about 1000 Lepidoptera species present in Puerto Rico.
Butterflies[]
Hesperiidae[]
- Achlyodes thraso sagra Evans, 1953
- Astraptes anaphus anausis (Godman & Salvin, 1896)
- (Cramer, 1777)
- Atalopedes mesogramma apa Comstock, 1944
- Calpodes ethlius (Stoll, 1782)
- (Watson, 1937)
- Skinner, 1920
- (Fabricius, 1793)
- Cymaenes tripunctus tripunctus (Herrich-Shaffer, 1865)
- Epargyreus zestos (Geyer, 1832)
- Ephyriades arcas philemon (Fabricius, 1775)
- (Hübner, 1825)
- (Butler, 1878)
- Herrich-Schäffer, 1863
- (Drury, 1773)
- Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius (Latreille, 1823)
- Watson, 1937
- Panoquina ocola (Edwards, 1863)
- Panoquina panoquinoides panoquinoides (Skinner, 1892)
- Watson, 1937
- (Gmeling, 1790)
- Phocides pigmalion bicolora (Boddaert, 1783)
- (Godman & Salvin, 1896)
- Polygonus leo savigny (Latreille, 1824)
- Proteides mercurius pedro (Dewitz, 1877)
- Pyrgus oileus oileus (Linnaeus, 1767)
- (Herrich-Shaffer, 1863)
- Urbanus dorantes cramptoni Comstock, 1944
- Urbanus proteus domingo (Scudder, 1872)
- (Latreille, 1824)
Lycaenidae[]
- (Hewitson, 1867)
- Chlorostrymon maesites maesites (Herrich-Shaeffer, 1864)
- Chlorostrymon simaethis simaethis (Drury, 1770)
- Echinargus isola isola (Reakirt, 1866)
- Electrostrymon angelia boyeri (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)
- Hemiargus hanno watsoni Comstock & Huntington, 1943
- Comstock & Huntington, 1943
- Comstock & Huntington, 1943
- Leptotes cassius theonus (Lucas, 1857)
- (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)
- Pseudochrysops bornoi (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)
- (Hewitson, 1868)
- Strymon acis mars (Fabricius, 1777)
- Strymon bubastus pence (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)
- (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)
Nymphalidae[]
- (Hewitson, 1847)
- Johnson & Comstock, 1941
- Anartia jatrophae semifusca Munroe, 1942
- Antillea pelops pelops (Drury, 1770)
- (Geyer, 1828)
- Atlantea tulita (Dewitz, 1877)
- Biblis hyperia hyperia (Cramer, 1779)
- Calisto nubila Lathy, 1899
- Colobura dirce wolcotti Comstock, 1942
- Danaus eresimus eresimus (Cramer, 1777)
- Danaus gilippus cleothera (Godart, 1820)
- Danaus plexippus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Danaus plexippus portoricensis (Clark, 1941)
- (Maynard, 1889)
- (Fabricius, 1775)
- Eunica monima (Stoll, 1782)
- Eunica tatila tatilista Kaye, 1926
- Euptoieta claudia claudia (Cramer, 1775)
- Euptoieta hegesia watsoni Comstock, 1944
- (Fruhstorfer, 1916)
- Heliconius charitonius charitonius (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Godart, 1819
- (Hall, 1936)
- (Linnaeus, 1764)
- Historis acheronta cadmus (Cramer, 1775)
- Historis odius odius (Fabricius, 1775)
- Hypanartia paullus (Fabricius, 1793)
- (Godart, 1819)
- (Godart, 1820)
- Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775)
- Marpesia petreus thetys (Fabricius, 1777)
- Munroe, 1951
- (Godart, 1823)
- (Illiger, 1801)
- Siproeta stelenes stelenes (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Vanessa cardui cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Vanessa virginiensis (Drury, 1770)
Papilionidae[]
- Battus polydamas thyamus (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
- Papilio aristodemus aristodemus Esper, 1794
- Papilio androgeus epidaurus Godman & Salvin, 1890
- Papilio pelaus imerius Godart, 1819
Pieridae[]
- (Fabricius, 1775)
- (Swainson, 1821)
- Aphrissa statira cubana d'Almeida, 1939
- Appias drusilla boydi Comstock, 1943
- d'Almeida. 1939
- Ascia josephina krugii (Dewitz, 1877)
- Ascia monuste eubotea (Godart, 1819)
- Dismorphia spio (Latreille, 1819)
- Eurema daira palmira (Poey, 1851)
- (Cramer, 1777)
- Eurema leuce sanjuanensis Watson, 1938
- Eurema lisa euterpe (Ménétriés, 1832)
- Eurema nicippe (Cramer), 1779
- Eurema portoricensis (Dewitz, 1877)
- (Fabricius, 1793)
- Phoebis agarithe antillia Brown, 1929
- Phoebis argante martini Comstock, 1944
- Phoebis philea philea (Johanson, 1763)
- Phoebis sennae sennae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Brown, 1929
Moths[]
Nepticulidae[]
- Stigmella gossypii Forbes & Leonard, 1930
Tischeriidae[]
- Astrotischeria heliopsisella Chambers, 1875
Tineidae[]
- Forbes, 1933
- Erechthias minuscula (Walsingham, 1897)
- Walsingham, 1897
- Walsingham
- (Forbes, 1931)
- (Walsingham, 1897)
- Haplotinea insectella (Fabricius, 1794)
- Forbes, 1931
- Forbes, 1931
- Walsingham, 1897
- Forbes, 1931
- Forbes, 1931
- Niditinea fuscella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- (Walsingham, 1892)
- Taeniodictys sericella Forbes, 1933
- Zeller, 1877
- (Fabricius, 1794)
- (Zeller, 1877)
- Walsingham, 1897
- Tineola walsinghami Busck, 1933
- (Walker, 1864)
- Möschler, 1890
- (Forbes, 1931)
Acrolophidae[]
- Acrolophus arcanella (Clemens, 1859)
- Acrolophus harpasen Forbes, 1931
- Acrolophus ochracea (Möschler, 1890)
- Acrolophus plumifrontella (Clemens, 1859)
- Acrolophus triatomellus Walsingham, 1897
- Acrolophus triformellus Forbes, 1930
- Acrolophus vitellus Poey, 1832
- Acrolophus walsinghami Möschler, 1890
Psychidae[]
- (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
- Oiketicus kirbyi Guilding, 1827
Lyonetiidae[]
- Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Méneville, 1842)
Gracilariidae[]
- Acrocercops albomarginatum (Walsingham, 1897)
- Acrocercops cymella Forbes, 1931
- Acrocercops inconspicua Forbes, 1930
- Acrocercops pontifica Forbes, 1931
- Acrocercops zebrulella Forbes, 1931
- Caloptilia aeneocapitella (Walsingham, 1891)
- Dialectica rendalli (Walsingham, 1897)
- Dialectica sanctaecrucis (Walsingham, 1897)
- Eucosmorpha dives Walsingham, 1897
- Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
- Spanioptila spinosum Walsingham, 1897
Ethmiidae[]
- Ethmia joviella Walsingham, 1897
- Ethmia kirbyi Möschler, 1890
- Ethmia nivosella (Walker, 1864)
Alucitidae[]
- Alucita montana Barnes & Lindsey, 1921
- Orneodes eudactyla (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1877)
Blastobasidae[]
- Auximobasis constans Walsingham, 1897
- Auximobasis insularis Walsingham, 1897
- Auximobasis variolata Walsingham, 1897
- Blastobasis subolivacea Walsingham, 1897
Coleophoridae[]
- Pammeces picticornis Walsingham, 1897
- Coleophora pulchricornis Walsingham, 1897
Batrachedridae[]
- Homaledra sabalella (Chambers, 1880)
Cosmopterygidae[]
- Aphanosara planistes Forbes, 1931
- Batrachedra albistrigella Möschler, 1890
- Cosmopterix astrapias Walsingham, 1909
- Cosmopterix attenuatella (Walker, 1864)
- Cosmopterix carpo Koster, 2010
- Cosmopterix gemmiferella Clemens, 1860
- Cosmopterix interfracta Meyrick, 1922
- Cosmopterix similis Walsingham, 1897
- Cosmopterix vanderwolfi Koster, 2010
- Ithome curvipunctella (Walsingham, 1892)
- Ithome fuscula Forbes, 1931
- Ithome pernigrella (Forbes, 1931)
- Pebobs ipomoeae (Busck, 1900)
- Pebobs sanctivincenti (Walsingham, 1892)
- Perimede annulata Busck, 1914
- Perimede purpurescens Forbes, 1931
- Pyroderces stigmatophora (Walsingham, 1897)
- Stilbosis phaeoptera Forbes, 1931
- Triclonella mediocris (Walsingham, 1897)
Oecophoridae[]
- Agonopterix argillacea (Walsingham, 1881)
- Mothonica ocellea Forbes, 1930
Gelechiidae[]
Anomologinae[]
- Monochroa absconditella (Walker, 1864)
Gelechiinae[]
- Agnippe evippeella Busck, 1906
- Aristotelia diolcella Forbes, 1931
- Aristotelia lignicolora Forbes, 1931
- Aristotelia penicillata (Walsingham, 1897)
- Aristotelia vagabundella Forbes, 1931
- Chionodes salva (Meyrick, 1925)
- Gelechia exclarella Möschler, 1890
- Keiferia gudmannella (Walsingham, 1897)
- Nicanthes rhodoclea Meyrick, 1928
- Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873)
- Polyhymno luteostrigella Chambers, 1874
- Recurvaria annulicornis (Walsingham, 1897)
- Recurvaria eromene (Walsingham, 1897)
- Recurvaria kittella (Walsingham, 1897)
- (Chambers, 1875)
- Stegasta capitella (Fabricius, 1794)
- Symmetrischema striatella (Murtfeldt, 1900)
- Telphusa distictella Forbes, 1931
- Telphusa perspicua (Walsingham, 1911)
Anacampsinae[]
- Anacampsis insularis Walsingham, 1897
- Anacampsis mangelivora Walsingham, 1897
- Anacampsis meibomiella Forbes, 1931
- Anacampsis melanophaea Forbes, 1931
- Anacampsis picticornis Walsingham, 1897
- Compsolechia plumbeolata (Walsingham, 1897)
- Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844)
- Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789)
Dichomeridinae[]
- Brachyacma palpigera (Walsingham, 1891)
- Commatica bifuscella (Forbes, 1931)
- Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger, 1876)
- Dichomeris indigna (Walsingham, 1892)
- (Möschler, 1890)
- Dichomeris melissia Walsingham, 1911
- Dichomeris pectinella (Forbes, 1931)
- Dichomeris piperata (Walsingham, 1892)
- Empedaula rhodocosma (Meyrick, 1914)
- Eunebristis zingarella (Walsingham, 1897)
- Glaucacna iridea Forbes, 1931
- Oecia oecophila (Staudinger, 1876)
- (Forbes, 1931)
- Thiotricha sciurella (Walsingham, 1897)
Glyphipterygidae[]
- Brenthia elongata Heppner, 1985
- Brenthia hibiscusae Heppner, 1985
- Tortyra aurofasciana (Snellen, 1875)
Yponomeutidae[]
- Möschler, 1890
- Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Zeller, 1877
- (Möschler, 1890)
Heliodinidae[]
- Walsingham, 1897
Cossidae[]
- Psychonoctua personalis Grote, 1865
Schistonoeidae[]
- Schistonoea fulvidella (Walsingham, 1897)
Elachistidae[]
- Ethmia abraxasella (Walker, 1864)
- Ethmia confusella (Walker, 1863)
- Ethmia notatella (Walker, 1863)
Tortricidae[]
Chlidanotinae[]
- Ardeutica patillae Razowski & Becker, 2011
Olethreutinae[]
- (Möschler, 1890)
- (Heinrich, 1923)
- Bactra verutana Zeller, 1875
- Forbes, 1930
- Walsingham, 1891
- (Möschler, 1891)
- Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
- Heinrich, 1923
- (Fernald, 1879)
- Thunberg, 1797
- (Möschler, 1890)
- Endothenia hebesana (Walker, 1863)
- Epiblema strenuana (Walker, 1863)
- (Clemens, 1860)
- (Walsingham, 1879)
- (Walsingham, 1897)
- Lima, 1927
- (Heinrich, 1926)
- Forbes, 1931
- Forbes, 1931
- Strepsicrates smithiana Walsingham, 1891
Tortricinae[]
- Aethesoides distigmatana Walsingham, 1897
- Amorbia effoetana Möschler, 1891
- Apinoglossa comburana Möschler, 1891
- Apotoforma rotundipennis (Walsingham, 1897)
- Forbes, 1931
- Cochylis parallelana Walsingham, 1879
- Möschler, 1891
- Möschler, 1891
- Möschler, 1891
- Coelostathma discopunctana Clemens, 1860
- Möschler, 1891
- Ewunia gemella Razowski & Becker, 2002
- Lasiothyris puertoricana Razowski & Becker, 2007
- Lorita lepidulana Forbes, 1931
- Maricaona maricaonana Razowski & Becker, 2007
- Platphalonidia subolivacea Walsingham, 1897
- Platynota flavedana Clemens, 1860
- Platynota rostrana (Walker, 1863)
- Saphenista multistrigata Walsingham, 1914
- Saphenista semistrigata Forbes, 1931
Megalopygidae[]
- Megalopyge krugii Dewitz, 1877
Crambidae[]
Acentropinae[]
- Neargyractis moniligeralis Lederer, 1863
- Neargyractis plusialis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
- Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Petrophila doriscalis (Schaus, 1940)
- Petrophila opulentalis (Lederer, 1863)
- Petrophila sumptuosalis (Möschler, 1890)
Crambinae[]
- Argyria diplomachalis Schaus, 1940
- Argyria lacteella (Fabricius, 1794)
- Cliniodes euphrosinalis Möschler, 1886
- Cliniodes semilunalis Möschler, 1890
- Crambus discludellus (Möschler, 1890)
- Crambus moeschleralis Schaus, 1940
- Crambus quinquareatus Zeller, 1877
- Cyclocena lelex (Cramer, 1777)
- Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius, 1794)
- Fissicrambus fissiradiellus (Walker, 1863)
- Fissicrambus minuellus (Walker, 1863)
- Fissicrambus profanellus (Walker, 1866)
- Microcrambus biguttellus (Forbes, 1920)
- Microcrambus discludellus (Möschler, 1890)
- Microcrambus elegans (Clemens, 1860)
- Microcausta flavipunctalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
- Parapediasia ligonella (Zeller, 1881)
- Urola nivalis (Drury, 1773)
Evergestinae[]
- Alatuncusia bergii (Möschler, 1891)
- Chalcoela pegasalis (Walker, 1859)
- Chrysendeton bromachalis (Schaus, 1940)
- Chrysendeton medicinalis (Grote, 1881)
- Chrysendeton miralis (Möschler, 1890)
- Dichogama amabilis Möschler, 1891
- Dichogama colotha Dyar, 1912
- Dichogama fernaldi Möschler, 1889
- Dichogama gudmanni Hedemann
- Dichogama innocua (Fabricius, 1793)
- Dichogama jessicales Schaus, 1940
- Dichogama redtenbacheri Lederer, 1863
- Dicymolomia metalophota (Hampson, 1897)
- Evergestella evincalis Möschler, 1890
- Hellula phidilealis (Walker, 1859)
- Microtheoris ophionalis (Walker, 1859)
- Mimoschinia rufofascialis (Stephens, 1834)
- (Walker, 1859)
- Trischistognatha palindialis (Guenée, 1854)
- Trischistognatha pyrenealis (Walker, 1859)
Glaphyriinae[]
- Aethiophysa savoralis (Schaus, 1920)
- Glaphyria badierana (Fabricius, 1794)
- Glaphyria dolatalis Möschler, 1890
- Lipocosma hebescalis Möschler, 1890
- Schacontia themis Solis & Goldstein, 2013
Musotiminae[]
- Neurophyseta mineolalis (Schaus, 1940)
- Odilla noralis Schaus, 1940
- Undulambia species
Pyraustinae[]
- Achyra bifidalis (Fabricius, 1794)
- Achyra nudalis (Hübner, 1796)
- Achyra rantalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Achyra similalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Agathodes designalis Guenée, 1854
- (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
- Apogeshna infirmalis (Möschler, 1886)
- Apogeshna stenialis (Guenée, 1854)
- Araschnopsis subulalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Asciodes denticulinea (Schaus, 1940)
- Asciodes gordialis Guenée, 1854
- Ategumia ebulealis (Guenée, 1854)
- Atomopteryx pterophoralis (Walker, 1866)
- Atomopteryx serpentifera (Hampson, 1913)
- Azochis euvexalis Möschler, 1890
- Azochis rufidiscalis Hampson, 1904
- Bicilia iarchasalis (Walker, 1859)
- Blepharomastix aguirrealis (Schaus, 1940)
- Blepharomastix differentialis (Dyar, 1914)
- Blepharomastix ranalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Conchylodes concinnalis Hampson, 1898
- (Geyer, 1832)
- Condylorrhiza oculatalis (Möschler, 1890)
- Condylorrhiza vestigialis (Guenée, 1854)
- Crocidocnemis pellucidalis Möschler, 1890
- Cryptobotys zoilusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Desmia ceresalis Walker, 1859
- Desmia naclialis Snellen
- Desmia ploralis (Guenée, 1854)
- Desmia recurvalis Schaus, 1940
- Desmia stenizonalis Hampson, 1912
- Desmia tages (Cramer, 1777)
- Desmia ufeus (Cramer, 1777)
- Diacme elealis (Walker, 1859)
- Diacme mopsalis (Walker, 1859)
- Diaphania costata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Diaphania elegans Möschler, 1890
- Diaphania fuscicaudalis (Möschler, 1881)
- Diaphania hyalinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Diaphania immaculalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Diaphania infernalis Möschler, 1890
- Diaphania infimalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Diaphania lucidalis (Hübner, 1823)
- Diaphania nitidalis (Stoll, 1781)
- Diaphantania ceresalis (Walker, 1859)
- Diasemiopsis leodocusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1833)
- Diathrausta yunquealis Schaus, 1940
- Epicorsia oedipodalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Epipagis algarrobolis (Schaus, 1940)
- Ercta vittata (Fabricius, 1794)
- Eulepte anticostalis (Grote, 1871)
- Eulepte concordalis Hübner, 1825
- Eulepte inguinalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Glyphodes sibillalis Walker, 1859
- Herpetogramma bipunctalis (Fabricius, 1794)
- Herpetogramma fluctuosalis (Lederer, 1863)
- Herpetogramma infuscalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854)
- Hileithia ductalis Möschler, 1890
- Hoterodes ausonia (Cramer, 1779)
- Hymenia perspectalis (Hübner, 1796)
- (Walker)
- Lamprosema memoralis Schaus, 1940
- Lineodes gracilalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
- Lineodes metagrammalis Möschler, 1890
- Lineodes triangulalis Möschler, 1890
- Loxomorpha cambogialis (Guenée, 1854)
- Loxomorpha flavidissimalis (Grote, 1878)
- Lygropia imparalis (Walker)
- Lygropia joasharia Schaus, 1940
- Lygropia joelalis Schaus, 1940
- Lygropia tripunctata (Fabricius, 1794)
- Marasmia cochrusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Maruca testulalis (Geyer, 1832)
- Maruca vitrata (Fabricius, 1787)
- Microphysetica hermeasalis (Walker, 1859)
- Microthyris anormalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Microthyris prolongalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Neoleucinodes prophetica (Dyar, 1914)
- Neoleucinodes torvis Capps, 1948
- Oenobotys glirialis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871)
- Oenobotys vinotinctalis (Hampson, 1895)
- Omiodes humeralis Guenée, 1854
- Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Omiodes martyralis (Lederer, 1863)
- Omiodes simialis Guenée, 1854
- Ommatospila narcaeusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Palpita flegia (Cramer, 1777)
- Palpita isoscelalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Palpita quadristigmalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Pantographa limata (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
- Penestola bufalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Phaedropsis placendalis (Möschler, 1890)
- Phaedropsis principaloides (Möschler, 1890)
- Lederer
- (Herrich-Schäffer)
- Pilocrocis ramentalis Lederer, 1863
- Pleuroptya silicalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Polygrammodes elevata (Fabricius, 1794)
- Portentomorpha xanthialis (Guenée, 1854)
- Psara dryalis (Walker, 1859)
- Psara obscuralis (Lederer, 1863)
- Psara pertentalis Möschler, 1890
- Pseudopyrausta acutangulalis (Snellen, 1875)
- Pyrausta cardinalis (Guenée, 1854)
- (Fabricius)
- Pyrausta episcopalis (Herrich-Schäffer)
- Pyrausta gentillalis Schaus, 1940
- Pyrausta gracilalis (Herrich-Schäffer)
- (Möschler)
- Pyrausta insignitalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Pyrausta laresalis Schaus, 1940
- Pyrausta phoenicealis (Walker, 1859)
- Schaus, 1940
- Pyrausta tyralis (Guenée, 1854)
- Pyrausta votanalis Schaus, 1940
- Rhectocraspeda periusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Salbia cassidalis Guenée, 1854
- Salbia cognatalis (Snellen, 1875)
- Salbia haemorrhoidalis Guenée, 1854
- Salbia varanalis Schaus, 1940
- Samea carettalis Schaus, 1940
- Samea conjunctalis Möschler, 1890
- Samea ecclesialis Guenée, 1854
- Samea mictalis Hampson, 1912
- (Guenée, 1854)
- Sathria internitalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Sathria onophasalis (Walker, 1859)
- Sisyracera inabsconsalis (Möschler, 1890)
- Sisyracera contortilinealis (Hampson, 1895)
- Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1794)
- Steniodes declivalis (Dyar. 1914)
- Syllepis marialis Poey, 1832
- Syllepte belialis (Walker, 1859)
- Syllepte imbroglialis Dyar, 1914
- Syllepte patagialis Zeller, 1852
- Synclera jarbusalis Walker, 1859)
- Synclera traducalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Syngamia florella (Stoll, 1781)
- Terastia meticulosalis Guenée, 1854
- Triuncidia eupalusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Udea albipunctalis Dognin, 1905
- Udea rubigalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Udea secernalis (Möschler, 1890)
- Uresiphita reversalis (Guenée, 1854)
Schoenobiinae[]
- Rupela leucatea (Zeller, 1863)
Scopariinae[]
- Elusia enalis Schaus, 1940
Spilomelinae[]
- Arthromastix lauralis (Walker, 1859)
- Asturodes fimbriauralis (Guenée, 1854)
- Bradina hemmingalis Schaus, 1940
- Ceratoclasis delimitalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Prenesta quadrifenestralis (Herrich-Schäffer)
- (Walker, 1859)
- Sparagmia gigantalis Guenée, 1854
- Sparagmia gonoptera Guenée, 1854
- Sufetula sacchari (Seín, 1930)
- Trichaea flammeolalis (Möschler, 1890)
Pyralidae[]
Chrysauginae[]
- Bonchis munitalis (Lederer, 1863)
- Caphys bilineata (Stoll, 1781)
- Carcha hersilialis Walker, 1859
- Epitamyra albomaculalis Möschler, 1890
- Murgisca subductellus (Möschler, 1890)
- Parachma ochracealis Walker, 1866
- (Möschler, 1886)
- (Möschler, 1890)
Epipaschiinae[]
- Deuterollyta majuscula Herrich-Schäffer, 1871
- Jocara ragonoti (Möschler, 1890)
- Macalla thyrsisalis Walker, 1859
- (Ragonot, 1889)
- (Ragonot, 1899)
- Schaus, 1922
- (Lederer, 1863)
Galleriinae[]
- Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)
- (Stainton, 1866)
- Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Schaus, 1940
Phycitinae[]
- Anabasis ochrodesma (Zeller, 1881)
- Apomyelois decolor (Zeller, 1881)
- Apomyelois muriscis Dyar, 1914
- Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg, 1885)
- Cadra cautella (Walker, 1863)
- Caristanius pellucidella (Ragonot, 1889)
- Chararica bicolorella (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)
- Crocidomera fissuralis (Walker, 1863)
- Crocidomera turbidella (Zeller, 1848)
- Davara rufulella (Ragonot, 1889)
- Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller, 1839)
- Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller, 1848)
- Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832)
- Fundella pellucens Zeller, 1848
- Genopaschia protomis Dyar, 1914
- Homalopalpia dalera Dyar, 1914
- Hypsipyla grandella (Zeller, 1848)
- Laetilia portoricensis Dyar, 1915
- Ragonot
- Nonia exiguella (Ragonot, 1888)
- Oncolabis anticella Zeller, 1848
- Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813)
- Salebria famula (Zeller, 1881)
- (Dyar, 1919)
- (Zeller, 1848)
- (Zeller, 1881)
Pyralinae[]
- Hypsopygia nostralis (Guenée, 1854)
- Micromastra isoldalis Schaus, 1940
- Ocrasa nostralis Guenée, 1854
- Pyralis manihotalis Guenée, 1854
Limacodidae[]
- Grote & Robinson, 1868
Thyrididae[]
- Banisia myrsusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Rhodoneura species
- Warren, 1907
Hyblaeidae[]
- Hyblaea puera (Cramer, 1777)
Pterophoridae[]
- Adaina bipunctatus Möschler, 1890
- Adaina ipomoeae Bigot & Etienne, 2009
- Adaina participata Möschler, 1890
- Adaina praeusta Möschler, 1890
- Exelastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
- Geina integumentum Gielis, 2006
- Geina periscelidactylus (Fitch, 1854)
- Hellinsia inquinatus (Zeller, 1873)
- Hellinsia paleaceus (Zeller, 1873)
- Hellinsia unicolor (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
- Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)
- Lioptilodes albistriolatus (Zeller, 1871)
- Megalorrhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
- Michaelophorus hodgesi Gielis, 1999
- Michaelophorus margaritae Gielis, 2006
- Ochyrotica fasciata Walsingham, 1891
- Postplatyptilia caribica Gielis, 2006
- Sphenarches caffer (Zeller, 1852)
- Stenoptilodes brevipennis (Zeller, 1874)
Geometridae[]
Alsophilinae[]
- Guenée, [1858]
- (Cramer, 1780)
Ennominae[]
- (Möschler, 1890)
- Guenée, 1857
- Guenée, 1857
- Epimecis hortaria (Fabricius, 1794)
- Erastria decrepitaria (Hübner, [1823])
- Druce, 1982
- (Butler, 1878)
- (Walker, 1860)
- Prout, 1911
- Guenée, 1858
- Macaria aemulataria Walker, 1861
- Macaria diffusata Walker, 1861
- (Cramer, 1782)
- Moschleria hulstii Möschler, 1890
- Nepheloleuca complicata (Guenée, 1858)
- (Guenée, 1898)
- Nepheloleuca politia (Cramer, 1777)
- Guenée, [1858]
- Oxydia vesulia (Cramer, [1779])
- (Guenée, [1858])
- Patalene olyzonaria (Walker, 1860)
- (Guenée, [1858])
- (Walker, 1860)
- (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
- Phrygionis auriferaria (Hulst, 1887)
- Prout, 1933
- Phrygionis paradoxata (Guenée, [1858])
- Psamatodes abydata (Guenée, 1855)
- Psamatodes everiata (Guenée, [1858])
- (Guenée, 1858)
- Psamatodes trientata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1870)
- Sabulodes aegrotata (Guenée, [1858])
- Guenée, 1858
- Guenée, 1858
- (Herrich-Schäffer, 1890)
- (Walker, 1861)
- (Guenée, 1858)
- (Fabricius, 1775)
- Sericoptera virginaria (Hulst, 1886)
- (Guenée, 1857)
- Sphacelodes vulneraria (Hübner, 1823)
- Thyrinteina arnobia (Stoll, 1782)
- Debauche, 1937
- Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]
Geometrinae[]
- Chloropteryx paularia (Möschler, 1886)
- Herbulot, 1988
- Oospila confundaria Möschler, 1890
- Phrudocentra centrifugaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1870)
- Warren, 1900
- Schaus, 1940
- Racheospila sanctaecrucis Prout, 1932
- Synchlora cupedinaria (Grote, 1880)
- Synchlora frondaria Guenée, [1858]
- Synchlora xysteraria (Hulst, 1886)
- Synchlora gerularia (Hübner, [1823])
- Synchlora herbaria (Fabricius, 1794)
Larentiinae[]
- Möschler, 1890
- Disclisioprocta stellata (Guenée, [1858])
- Eois snellenaria Möschler, 1892
- (Guenée, 1858)
- (Walker, 1862)
- Möschler, 1890
- Eupithecia satyrata (Hübner, [1813])
- (Möschler, 1890)
- (Möschler, 1890)
- Pterocypha defensata Walker, 1862
Sterrhinae[]
- Möschler, 1890
- Schaus, 1940
- Möschler, 1890
- Acratodes virgota (Schaus, 1901)
- Schaus, 1940
- Idaea fernaria (Schaus, 1940)
- (Forbes, [1947])
- Schaus, 1940
- Leptostales crossii (Hulst, 1900)
- Leptostales oblinataria (Möschler, 1890)
- Leptostales pannaria (Guenée, [1858])
- Leptostales phorcaria (Guenée, [1858])
- Schaus, 1940
- Schaus, 1940
- (Guenée, [1858])
- (Möschler, 1890)
- (Walker, 1866)
- (Möschler, 1886)
- Pleuroprucha asthenaria (Walker, 1861)
- Möschler, 1890
- Möschler, 1890
- Schaus, 1940
- (Guenée, 1858)
- Warren, 1900)
- (Möschler, 1890)
- Schaus, 1940
- (Guenée, 1858)
- Scopula canularia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1870)
- Scopula innominata Schaus, 1940
- Scopula laresaria Schaus, 1940
- Scopula subquadrata (Guenée, [1858])
- Scopula umbilicata (Fabricius, 1794)
- (Hübner, [1823])
- (Möschler, 1890)
- Möschler, 1890
- Schaus, 1940
- (Butler, 1878)
Epiplemidae[]
- Möschler, 1890
- Möschler, 1890
- Möschler, 1890
- Walker
- Möschler, 1890
- Möschler, 1890
- Möschler, 1890
- (Walker, 1861)
Sphingidae[]
- Aellopos blaini Herrich-Schäffer, [1869]
- Aellopos fadus (Cramer, 1776)
- Aellopos tantalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Aellopos titan (Cramer, 1777)
- Agrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Cautethia noctuiformis (Walker, 1856)
- Ceratomia catalpae (Boisduval, 1875)
- Cocytius antaeus (Drury, 1773)
- Enyo lugubris (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Erinnyis alope (Drury, 1770)
- Erinnyis crameri (Schaus, 1898)
- Erinnyis ello (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Erinnyis lassauxii (Boisduval, 1859)
- Erinnyis obscura (Fabricius, 1775)
- Erinnyis oenotrus (Cramer, 1782)
- Eumorpha fasciatus (Sulzer, 1776)
- Eumorpha labruscae (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Eumorpha vitis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hyles lineata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Isognathus rimosa (Grote, 1865)
- Madoryx oiclus (Cramer, [1780])
- Manduca brontes (Drury, 1773)
- Manduca florestan (Cramer, 1782)
- Manduca rustica (Fabricius, 1775)
- Manduca sexta (Linnaeus, 1763)
- Neococytius cluentius (Cramer, 1776)
- Pachylia ficus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Perigonia lusca (Fabricius, 1777)
- Protambulyx strigilis (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Pseudosphinx tetrio (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Xylophanes chiron (Drury, 1771)
- Xylophanes pluto (Fabricius, 1777)
- Xylophanes tersa (Linnaeus, 1771)
Notodontidae[]
- Dasychira plagiata (Walker, 1865)
- Heterocampa guttivitta (Walker, 1855)
- Hippia insularis (Grote, 1866)
- Notela jaliscana Schaus, 1901
- (Walker, 1858)
- (Stoll, [1780])
- (Cramer, [1775])
- (Guenée, 1852)
- Rifargia distinguenda (Walker, 1856)
Erebidae[]
Herminiinae[]
- Walker, [1859]
- Bleptina araealis (Hampson, 1901)
- Bleptina caradrinalis Guenée, 1854
- Guenée, 1854
- Walker, [1859]
- Carteris oculatalis (Möschler, 1890)
- Hypena vetustalis Guenée, 1854
- Hypenula cacuminalis (Walker, 1859)
- (Guenée, 1854)
- Kyneria utuadae Schaus, 1940
- Lascoria alucitalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Lascoria orneodalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Möschler, 1890
- Möschler, 1890
- Schaus, 1916
- Palthis asopialis (Guenée, 1854)
- Phlyctaina irrigualis Möschler, 1890
- Physula albipunctilla Schaus, 1916
- Möschler, 1890
- Tetanolita floridana (Smith, 1895)
- Tetanolita mutatalis (Möschler, 1890)
Hypeninae[]
- Hypena umbralis (Smith, 1884)
- Hypena minualis Guenée, 1854
- Möschler, 1890
- Walker, 1859
- (Guenée, 1854)
- Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1796)
- Hypena porrectalis (Fabricius, 1794)
- Lophoditta tuberculata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1870)
Rivulinae[]
- Rivula pusilla Möschler, 1890
Phytometrinae[]
- (Walker, [1859])
- Cecharismena cara Möschler, 1890
- Cecharismena nectarea Möschler, 1890
- Glympis concors (Hübner, 1823)
- (Walker, [1866])
- Hormoschista latipalpis (Walker, 1858)
- (Warren, 1889)
- Ommatochila mundula (Zeller, 1872)
- (Walker, 1859)
Calpinae[]
- (Möschler, 1890)
- (Walker, [1858])
- (Walker, 1857)
- Gonodonta bidens Geyer, 1832
- Gonodonta clotilda (Stoll, [1790])
- Gonodonta incurva (Sepp, [1840])
- Gonodonta nitidimacula Guenée, 1852
- Gonodonta sicheas (Cramer, [1777])
- (Cramer, 1780)
- Graphigona regina (Guenée, 1852)
- (Stoll, [1790])
- Möschler, 1890
- Walker, [1858]
- (Herrich-Schäffer, [1869])
- (Stoll, 1782)
- Guenée, 1852
- Schaus, 1940
Hypenodinae[]
- Schrankia macula (Druce, 1891)
Scoliopteryginae[]
- Alabama argillacea (Hübner, 1823)
- Anomis editrix (Guenée, 1852)
- Anomis erosa Hübner, 1821
- Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
- Schaus, 1940
- Anomis illita (Guenée, 1852)
- Anomis impasta Guenée, 1852
Eulepidotinae[]
- Schaus, 1940
- (Guenée)
- Antiblemma concinnula (Walker, 1865)
- Möschler, 1890
- Antiblemma rufinans (Guenée, 1852)
- (Stoll, 1780)
- Anticarsia elegantula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
- Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner, 1818
- Azeta repugnalis (Hübner, 1825)
- Ephyrodes cacata Guenée, 1852
- Epitausa coppryi (Guenée, 1852)
- Eulepidotis addens (Walker, 1858)
- Eulepidotis hebe (Möschler, 1890)
- Eulepidotis juncida (Guenée, 1852)
- Eulepidotis merricki (Holland, 1902)
- Eulepidotis micca (Druce, 1889)
- Eulepidotis modestula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
- Eulepidotis superior (Guenée, 1852)
- (Poey, 1832)
- (Walker, 1858)
- Massala obvertens (Walker, 1858)
- Metallata absumens (Walker, 1862)
- Phyprosopus fastigiata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
- (Walker, 1865)
- Hübner, 1823
- Syllectra erycata (Cramer, [1780])
- Möschler, 1890
Anobinae[]
- Baniana relapsa (Walker, 1858)
Erebinae[]
- (Guenée, 1852)
- Ascalapha odorata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Schaus, 1940
- Guenée
- Guenée, 1852
- (Herrich-Schäffer, [1869])
- Epidromia pannosa Guenée, 1852
- Epidromia rotundata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
- (Poey, 1832)
- (Guenée, 1852)
- Latebraria amphipyroides Guenée, 1852
- Lesmone formularis (Geyer, 1837)
- Cramer, 1777
- Melipotis acontioides (Guenée, 1852)
- Melipotis contorta (Guenée, 1852)
- Melipotis famelica (Guenée, 1852)
- Melipotis fasciolaris (Hübner, 1823)
- Schaus, 1940
- Melipotis indomita (Walker, [1858])
- Melipotis januaris (Guenée, 1852)
- (Guenée, 1852)
- Melipotis perpendicularis (Guenée, 1852)
- Schaus, 1940
- Mocis antillesia Hampson, 1913
- Mocis disseverans (Walker, 1858)
- Mocis latipes (Guenée, 1852)
- Mocis marcida (Guenée, 1852)
- Mocis megas (Guenée, 1852)
- Mocis repanda (Fabricius, 1794)
- Ophisma tropicalis Guenée, 1852
- (Drury, 1770)
- (Guenée, 1852)
- Perasia helvina (Guenée)
- Ptichodis immunis (Guenée, 1852)
- Stoll, 1781
- (Cramer, 1779)
- Selenisa sueroides (Guenée, 1852)
- Thysania zenobia (Cramer, [1777])
- (Walker, 1858)
- (Guenée, 1852)
- Zale fictilis (Guenée, 1852)
- (Guenée, 1852)
- Zale strigimacula (Guenée, 1852)
Eublemminae[]
- (Möschler, 1890)
- Eublemma cinnamomea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
- Eublemma minima (Guenée, 1852)
- Eublemma recta (Guenée, 1852)
- Schaus, 1940
Arctiinae[]
- Agylla sericea (Druce, 1885)
- Calidota strigosa (Walker, 1855)
- Composia credula (Fabricius, 1775)
- Correbidia terminalis (Walker, 1856)
- Cosmosoma achemon (Fabricius, 1781)
- Cosmosoma auge (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Ctenuchidia virginalis Forbes, 1930
- Ctenuchidia virgo (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855])
- Empyreuma pugione (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Eunomia rubripunctata (Butler, 1876)
- Eupseudosoma involuta (Sepp, 1849)
- Halysidota cinctipes Grote, 1865
- Horama panthalon (Fabricius, 1793)
- Horama pretus (Cramer, [1777])
- Hyalurga vinosa (Drury, [1773])
- Hypercompe decora (Walker, 1855)
- Hypercompe icasia (Cramer, [1777])
- Hypercompe scribonia (Stoll, 1790)
- Lomuna nigripuncta Hampson, 1900
- Lymire flavicollis (Dewitz)
- Mulona species
- Nyridela chalciope (Hübner, [1831])
- Opharus bimaculata (Dewitz, 1877)
- Paramulona albulata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1866)
- Pareuchaetes insulata (Walker, 1855)
- Phoenicoprocta capistrata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Phoenicoprocta partheni (Fabricius, 1793)
- Progona pallida (Möschler, 1890)
- Trocodima hemiceras (Forbes, 1931)
- Utetheisa ornatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
Euteliidae[]
- Eutelia ablatrix (Guenée, 1852)
- Eutelia furcata (Walker, 1865)
- Eutelia pyrastis Hampson, 1905
- Paectes arcigera (Guenée, 1852)
- (Walker, 1858)
- (Guenée, 1852)
- Paectes obrotunda (Guenée, 1852)
Nolidae[]
- Afrida ydatodes Dyar, 1913
- (Walker, 1857)
- Cephalospargeta elongata Möschler, 1890
- (Walker, 1857)
- Concana mundissima Walker, [1858]
- Garella nilotica (Rogenhofer, 1881)
- Iscadia aperta Walker, 1857
- Motya abseuzalis Walker, 1859
- Mouralia tinctoides (Guenée, 1852)
- (Möschler, 1890)
- Nola cereella (Bosc, [1800])
- Nola minna Butler, 1881
- Nola portoricensis Möschler, 1890
- Forbes, 1930
- Guenée, 1852
Noctuidae[]
Plusiinae[]
- Agrapha calceolaris (Walker, [1858])
- Argyrogramma verruca (Fabricius, 1794)
- Autoplusia egena (Guenée, 1852)
- Chrysodeixis includens (Walker, [1858])
- Enigmogramma admonens (Walker, [1858])
- Enigmogramma antillea Becker, 2001
- Notioplusia illustrata (Guenée, 1852)
- Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
Bagisarinae[]
- Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852)
- Amyna bullula (Grote, 1873)
- Bagisara buxea (Grote, 1881)
- Bagisara repanda (Fabricius, 1793)
Cydosiinae[]
- Cydosia nobilitella (Cramer, [1780])
Eustrotiinae[]
- Möschler, 1890
- Cobubatha metaspilaris (Walker, 1863)
- Möschler, 1890
- (Guenée, 1852)
- Marimatha nigrofimbria (Guenée, 1852)
- (Möschler, 1890)
- (Möschler, 1890)
- Marimatha tripuncta (Möschler, 1890)
- Schaus, 1940
- (Schaus, 1940)
- Tripudia luxuriosa Smith, 1900
- Tripudia rectangula Pogue, 2009
Acontiinae[]
- Anateinoma affabilis Möschler, 1890
- Chobata discalis Walker, [1858]
- Haplostola aphelioides Möschler, 1890
- Ponometia exigua (Fabricius, 1793)
- Spragueia dama (Guenée, 1852)
- Spragueia margana (Fabricius, 1794)
- Spragueia pantherula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
- Spragueia perstructana (Walker, 1865)
- Hampson, 1898
- (Möschler, 1890)
Diphtherinae[]
- Diphthera festiva (Fabricius, 1775)
Acronictinae[]
- Dyar, 1922
Amphipyrinae[]
- (Walker, [1858])
- Metaponpneumata rogenhoferi Möschler, 1890
Oncocnemidinae[]
- Catabenoides vitrina (Walker, 1857)
- Neogalea sunia (Guenée, 1852)
Agaristinae[]
- Walker, [1858]
- Micrathetis triplex (Walker, 1857)
- (Felder, 1874)
Condicinae[]
- Condica albigera (Guenée, 1852)
- (Guenée, 1852)
- Condica concisa (Walker, 1856)
- Condica cupentia (Cramer, [1799])
- Condica mobilis (Walker, [1857])
- Guenée, 1852
- Condica sutor (Guenee, 1852)
- Homophoberia apicosa (Haworth, 1809)
Heliothinae[]
- Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1805])
- Helicoverpa zea (Boddie, 1850)
- Heliothis virescens (Fabricius, 1777)
Eriopinae[]
- Callopistria floridensis (Guenée, 1852)
- Callopistria jamaicensis (Möschler, 1886)
Noctuinae[]
- (Walker, 1857)
- Agrotis apicalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
- Agrotis malefida Guenée, 1852
- Anicla infecta (Ochsenheimer, 1816)
- Schaus, 1940
- Hübner
- Dypterygia punctirena (Walker, 1857)
- Elaphria agrotina (Guenée, 1852)
- Schaus, 1940
- Elaphria arnoides (Herrich-Schäffer, [1869])
- Elaphria chalcedonia (Hübner, 1803)
- Elaphria deltoides (Möschler, 1880)
- Elaphria nucicolora (Guenée, 1852)
- Möschler, 1880
- Elaphria subobliqua (Walker, 1858)
- Schaus, 1940
- Feltia repleta (Walker, 1857)
- Feltia subterranea (Fabricius, 1794)
- Galgula partita Guenée, 1852
- Gonodes liquida (Möschler, 1886)
- Möschler, 1880
- Hampson, 1908
- Lacinipolia parvula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
- (Schaus, 1921)
- Schaus, 1940
- Leucania humidicola Guenée, 1852
- Leucania inconspicua Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
- Leucania latiuscula (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
- (Hampson, 1905)
- Leucania phragmitidicola Guenée, 1852
- Magusa orbifera (Walker, 1857)
- (Möschler)
- Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809)
- Sesamia calamistis (Hampson, 1910)
- (Walker, 1858)
- Spodoptera albula (Walker, 1857)
- Spodoptera androgea (Stoll, [1781])
- Spodoptera dolichos (Fabricius, 1794)
- Spodoptera eridania (Stoll, [1781])
- Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith, 1797)
- Spodoptera latifascia (Walker, 1856)
- Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenée, 1852)
- Spodoptera pulchella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
- (Schaus, 1894)
- Xanthopastis timais (Cramer, [1780])
References[]
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