List of moths of São Tomé and Príncipe

There are about 332 known species of moth that had been recorded from São Tomé and Príncipe. Moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in São Tomé and Príncipe, an island nation off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa.

Alucitidae[]

• Alucita atomoclasta (Meyrick, 1934)

Arctiidae[]

• Afrasura discocellularis (Strand, 1912)
• Afrasura hieroglyphica (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
• Volynkin & László, 2018
• Volynkin & László, 2018
• Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
• Asura thomensis Rothschild, 1913
• Cyana rufifrons (Rothschild, 1912)
• Disparctia thomensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1926)
• Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
• Podomachla apicalis Walker, 1854
• Podomachla insularis (Talbot, 1929)
• Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cosmopterigidae[]

• Anatrachyntis simplex (Walsingham, 1891)

Cossidae[]

• Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874
• Eulophonotus nigrodiscalis Yakovlev, 2011
• Polyphagozerra coffeae (Nietner, 1861)

Crambidae[]

• Aethaloessa floridalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Agathodes thomensis Castel-Branco, 1973
• Agrotera albalis Maes, 2003
• Bradina itysalis Viette, 1957
• Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)
• Diaphana indica (Saunders, 1851
• Eudonia thomealis (Viette, 1957)
• Glyphodes rhombalis Viette, 1957
• Hyalobathra barnsalis (Viette, 1957)
• Pardomima martinalis Viette, 1957
• Paschiodes scoparialis (Viette, 1957)
• Paschiodes thomealis Viette, 1957
• (Viette, 1957)
• Pyrausta zyphalis Viette, 1958
• Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Syllepte amelialis Viette, 1957
• Syllepte lagoalis Viette, 1957

Elachistidae[]

• Ethmia spyrathodes Meyrick, 1922

Erebidae[]

• Achaea faber Holland, 1894
• Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
• Eudocima fullonia (Clerck, 1764)
• Lygephila pastinum (Treitschke, 1826)
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
• (Fabricius, 1794)
• Hypena varialis Walker, 1866

Gelechiidae[]

• Walsingham, 1897

Geometridae[]

• (Prout, 1927)
• Antitrygodes acinosa Prout, 1932
• (Prout, 1927)
• Asthenotricha unipecten (Prout, 1915)
• (Warren, 1902)
• Herbulot, 1991
• (Warren, 1901)
• Chloroclystis consobrina (Warren, 1901)
• (Warren, 1901)
• (Warren, 1899)
• (Walker, 1862)
• Gymnoscelis birivulata Warren, 1902
• Gymnoscelis crassata Warren, 1901
• (Prout, 1927)
• Mesocolpia subcomosa Warren, 1901
• Pingasa decristata Warren, 1902
• Pingasa hypoleucaria (Guenée, 1862)
• Problepsis ochripicta Warren, 1901
• Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)
• Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)
• Scopula quintaria (Prout, 1916)
• Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857
• D. S. Fletcher, 1963
• Herbulot, 1958
• Pierre-Baltus, 2005

Gracillariidae[]

• Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)

Lasiocampidae[]

• Talbot, 1929

Lymantriidae[]

• Talbot, 1929
• (Talbot, 1929)

Noctuidae[]

• (Jordan, 1904)
• Le Cerf, 1922
• Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
• Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
• (Walker, 1858)
• Conservula cinisigna de Joannis, 1906
• Eutelia blandiatrix (Guenée, 1852)
• Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
• (Laporte, 1973)
• (Laporte, 1979)
• Lithacodia blandula (Guenée, 1862)
• Holland, 1894
• Berio, 1937

Notodontidae[]

• Afrocerura cameroona (Bethune-Baker, 1927)

Oecophoridae[]

• Metachanda citrodesma (Meyrick, 1911)
• Meyrick, 1934

Plutellidae[]

• Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pterophoridae[]

• Exelastis crepuscularis (Meyrick, 1909)
• Platyptilia infesta Meyrick, 1934
• Platyptilia molopias Meyrick, 1906
• Platyptilia toxochorda Meyrick, 1934
• Pterophorus niveodactyla (Pagenstecher, 1900)
• Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Pyralidae[]

• Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Endotricha altitudinalis (Viette, 1957)
• Endotricha tamsi Whalley, 1963
• Endotricha thomealis (Viette, 1957)
• Endotricha viettealis Whalley, 1963
• Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813)

Saturniidae[]

• Bouyer, 2008

Sphingidae[]

• Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippotion talboti Clark, 1930
• Hyles livornica (Esper, 1779)
• Hyles tithymali (Boisduval, 1834)
• Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
• Temnora fumosa (Walker, 1856)

Tineidae[]

• Erechthias dracaenura (Meyrick, 1934)
• Harmaclona tephrantha (Meyrick, 1916)
• Meyrick, 1934

Tortricidae[]

• Afroploce karsholti Aarvik, 2004
• Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2014
• (Meyrick, 1922)
• (Meyrick, 1918)
• Choristoneura occidentalis (Walsingham, 1891)
• Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2014
• Cosmorrhyncha microcosma Aarvik, 2004
• Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
• (Meyrick, 1928)
• (Meyrick, 1934)
• Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)
• Eccopsis praecedens Walsingham, 1897
• Meyrick, 1934
• Meyrick, 1934
• Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2014
• Kennelia albifascies (Walsingham, 1900)
• Lobesia aeolopa Meyrick, 1907
• Lobesia vanillana (Joannis, 1900)
• (Meyrick, 1934)
• (Meyrick, 1934)
• (Meyrick, 1934)
• (Meyrick, 1912)
• (Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2014)
• (Meyrick, 1908)
• Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913)
• Meyrick, 1918
• Meyrick, 1928

Uraniidae[]

• ( Talbot, 1929
• (Talbot, 1929)

Zygaenidae[]

• (Fabricius, 1775)

References[]

External links[]

• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.