List of moths of the Maldives
Location of the Maldives
Moths of the Maldives represent about 83 known moth species. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
About 130 species of insects (including arachnids, flies and ants) have been recorded from the Maldives. In addition, more than 67 butterfly species have been identified.[1]
This is a list of moth species which have been recorded on the Maldives.
Choreutidae[]
- Anthophila submarginalis (Walker, 1865)
- Choreutis ophiosema
Crambidae[]
- Bradina admixtalis (Walker, 1859)
- Cirrhochrista annulifera
- Conogethes punctiferalis
- Diaphania indica (Saunders, 1851)
- Diasemia accalis
- Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis (Zeller, 1852)
- Glyphodes bivitralis Guenée, 1854
- Glyphodes caesalis
- Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Hellula undalis
- Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832)
- Ischnurges gratiosalis (Walker, 1859)
- Lamprosema niphealis (Walker, 1859)
- Leucinodes orbonalis Guenée, 1854
- Maruca vitrata
- Omiodes diemenalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Panalipa immeritalis (Walker, 1859)
- Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Parotis suralis (Lederer, 1863)
- Psara acrospila (Meyrick, 1886)
- Rehimena surusalis
- Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Syllepte penthodes (Meyrick, 1902)
Erebidae[]
- Anomis sabulifera
- Asota caricae
- Chalciope mygdon (Cramer, 1777)
- Eublemma cochylioides
- Eudocima materna
- Euproctis varians (Walker, 1855)
- Hydrillodes lentalis Guenée, 1854
- Walker, 1859
- Walker, 1859
- Maliattha signifera (Walker, 1857)
- Mocis frugalis
- Mocis undata
- Ophiusa coronata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Pantydia metaspila (Walker, 1857)
- Rhynchina obliqualis
- Guenée, 1854
- Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Utetheisa pulchelloides
Geometridae[]
- Cyclophora anulifera (Hampson, 1893)
- Hyperythra lutea (Stoll, 1781)
- Mixocera parvulata (Walker, 1863)
- Racotis boarmiaria (Guenée, 1857)
- Scopula actuaria (Walker, 1861)
- Scopula addictaria (Walker, 1861)
- Scopula aspilataria (Walker, 1861)
- Scopula caesaria (Walker, 1861)
Hyblaeidae[]
- Hyblaea puera (Cramer, 1777)
Limacodidae[]
- Natada sericea (Hampson, 1893)
Noctuidae[]
- (Guenée, 1852)
- Anticarsia irrorata
- (Hampson, 1891)
- Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865)
- Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Chrysodeixis permissa (Walker, 1858)
- Helicoverpa assulta
- Polytela gloriosae (Fabricius, 1781)
- Spodoptera exigua
- Thyas honesta
- Thysanoplusia orichalcea
Nolidae[]
- Earias vittella
- Nola squalida Staudinger, 1870
Pterophoridae[]
- Sphenarches caffer (Zeller, 1851)
Pyralidae[]
- Endotricha mesenterialis (Walker, 1859)
- (Walker, 1863)
- Melathrix praetextella (Christoph, 1877)
Scythrididae[]
- Scythris atollicola Nupponen, Saldaitis & Fischer, 2013
Sphingidae[]
- Acherontia atropos
- Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Macroglossum gyrans Walker, 1856
- Macroglossum sitiene Walker, 1856
- Macroglossum svetlana Eitschberger & Fischer, 2009
- Xylophanes thyelia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Stathmopodidae[]
Thyrididae[]
- Striglina scitaria (Walker, 1863)
Tortricidae[]
- Adoxophyes euryomis Meyrick, 1902
- Dudua aprobola
- Statherotis leucaspis (Meyrick, 1902)
References[]
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- Fauna of the Maldives
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- Lists of moths of Asia
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