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There are about 450 known moth species of Mauritius. The 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 Mauritius.

Arctiidae

• Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)
• Argina astrea (Drury, 1773)
• Eilema squalida (Guenée, 1862)
• Leucaloa infragyrea (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Maculonaclia florida (de Joannis, 1906)
• Nyctemera insulare (Boisduval, 1833)
• Utetheisa cruentata (Butler, 1881)
• Utetheisa elata (Fabricius, 1798)
• Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, 1907

Batrachedridae

• Batrachedra arenosella (Walker, 1864)
• Idioglossa bigemma Walsingham, 1881

Bedelliidae

• Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller, 1847)

Choreutidae

• Anthophila ialeura (Meyrick, 1912)
• Anthophila turilega (Meyrick, 1924)
• Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick, 1916
• Tebenna micalis (Mann, 1857)

Copromorphidae

• Copromorpha aeruginea Meyrick, 1917

Cosmopterigidae

• Anatrachyntis coriacella (Snellen, 1901)
• Anatrachyntis incertulella (Walker, 1864)
• Anatrachyntis rileyi (Walsinham, 1882)
• Cosmopterix attenuatella (Walker, 1864)
• Cosmopterix dacryodes Meyrick, 1910
• Eteobalea vinsoni (Viette, 1953)

Crambidae

• Agathodes musivalis Guenée, 1854
• Angustalius hapaliscus (Zeller, 1852)
• Bocchoris inspersalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Chilo sacchariphagus (Bojer, 1856)
• Cirrhochrista nivea (de Joannis, 1932)
• Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Conocramboides seychellellus (T. B. Fletcher, 1910)
• Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)
• Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius, 1794)
• Culladia achroellum (Mabille, 1900)
• Culladia inconspicuellus (Snellen, 1872)
• Diaphana indica (Saunders, 1851)
• Eoophyla reunionalis (Viette, 1988)
• Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Eurrhyparodes bracteolalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Glyphodes mascarenalis de Joannis, 1906
• Glyphodes shafferorum Viette, 1987
• Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781)
• Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854)
• Ischnurges lancinalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Maruca vitrata (Fabricius, 1787)
• Nausinoe geometralis (Guenée, 1854)
• Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Notarcha quaternalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Orphanostigma abruptalis (Walker, 1859)
• Pagyda pulvereiumbralis (Hampson, 1918)
• Palpita unionalis (Hübner, 1796)
• Parapoynx diminutalis (Snellen, 1880)
• Psara minoralis (Warren, 1892)
• Pyrausta childrenalis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Pyrausta pastrinalis (Guenée, 1862)
• Pyrausta phaenicealis (Hübner, 1818)
• Salbia haemorrhoidalis Guenée 1854
• Scoparia benigna Meyrick, 1910
• Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Stemorrhages sericea (Drury, 1773)
• Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)
• Zebronia phenice (Cramer, 1780)

Elachistidae

• Orophia thesmophila (Meyrick, 1930)

Gelechiidae

• Anarsia citromitra Meyrick, 1921
• Anarsia vinsonella Viette, 1957
• Bilobata subsecivella (Zeller, 1852)
• Brachmia convolvuli Walsingham, 1907
• Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger, 1876)
• Dichomeris hortulana (Meyrick, 1918)
• Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873)[1]
• Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789)
• Thiognatha mameti Viette, 1953
• Thiotricha tenuis (Walsingham, 1891)

Geometridae

• Ascotis antelmaria (Mabille, 1893)
• Camelopteryx multicolor de Joannis, 1906
• Casuariclystis latifascia (Walker, 1866)
• Chloroclystis costicavata de Joannis, 1932
• Chloroclystis derasata (Bastelberger, 1905)
• Chloroclystis exilipicta de Joannis, 1906
• Chloroclystis latifasciata de Joannis, 1932
• Comostolopsis viridellaria (Mabille, 1898)
• Darisodes orygaria (Guenée, 1862)
• Disclisioprocta natalata (Walker, 1862)
• Dithecodes purpuraria de Joannis, 1932
• Ectropis distinctaria (de Joannis, 1915)
• Ectropis herbuloti Orhant, 2003
• Erastria madecassaria (Boisduval, 1833)
• Gymnoscelis rubricata (de Joannis, 1932)
• Hypomecis atrilunaria (Mabille, 1893)
• Mimandria diospyrata (Boisduval, 1833)
• Orthonama quadrisecta Herbulot, 1954
• Pingasa hypoleucaria (Guenée, 1862)
• Scopula caesaria (Walker, 1861)
• Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)
• Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857
• Xanthorhoe eugraphata (de Joannis, 1915)

Glyphipterigidae

• Glyphipterix ditiorana Walker, 1863

Gracillariidae

• Acrocercops macrochalca Meyrick, 1910
• Aspilapteryx pentaplaca (Meyrick, 1911)
• Callicercops triceros (Meyrick, 1926)
• Macarostola eugeniella (Viette, 1951)
• Phodoryctis caerulea (Meyrick, 1912)
• Phodoryctis dolichophila (Vári, 1961)
• Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
• Phyllonorycter trochetellus de Prins, 2012

Immidae

• Imma infima Meyrick, 1930

Lyonetiidae

• Lyonetia carcinota Meyrick, 1910

Noctuidae

• Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
• Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
• Achaea infinita (Guenée, 1852)
• Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
• Achaea trapezoides (Guenée, 1862)
• Achaea umbrigera Mabille, 1898
• Achaea violaceofascia (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
• Aletia consanguis (Guenée, 1852)
• Aletia infrargyrea (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Aletia pyrausta (Hampson, 1913)
• Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
• Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
• Anomis lophognatha Hampson, 1926
• Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
• Araeopteron obliquifascia de Joannis, 1910
• Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Argyrolopha costibarbata Hampson, 1914
• Asota borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
• Athetis ignava (Guenée, 1852)
• Athetis pigra (Guenée, 1852)
• Autoba costimacula (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775)
• Callopistria cariei (de Joannis, 1915)
• Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
• Catada obscura de Joannis, 1906
• Cerynea tetramelanosticta Berio, 1954
• Chalciope delta (Boisduval, 1833)
• Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
• Condica pauperata (Walker, 1858)
• Conservula cinisigna de Joannis, 1906
• Corgatha terracotta de Joannis, 1910
• Ctenoplusia dorfmeisteri (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852)
• Cyligramma fluctuosa (Drury, 1773)
• Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Digama septempuncta Hampson, 1910
• Diastema tigris Guenée 1854[2]
• Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
• Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
• Ericeia congregata (Walker, 1858)
• Ericeia congressa (Walker, 1858)
• Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)
• Eublemmoides apicimacula (Mabille, 1880)
• Eutelia blandiatrix (Guenée, 1852)
• Eutelia discitriga Walker, 1865
• Eutelia geraea Hampson, 1905
• Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
• Gracilodes nysa Guenée, 1852
• Grammodes bifasciata (Petagna, 1787)
• Gyrtona polymorpha Hampson, 1905
• Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
• Hydrillodes bryophiloides (Butler, 1876)
• Hypena conscitalis Walker, 1866
• Hypena gravalis Mabille, 1898
• Hypena hemiphaea de Joannis, 1915
• Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859
• Hypena muscosoides Poole, 1989
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
• Hypena varialis Walker, 1866
• Janseodes melanospila (Guenée, 1852)
• Leucania insulicola Guenée, 1852
• Leucania nebulosa Hampson, 1902
• Leucania phaea Hampson, 1902
• Lophoruza mascarena de Joannis, 1910
• Lophotavia incivilis Walker, 1865
• Maxera marchalii (Boisduval, 1833)
• Mocis conveniens (Walker, 1858)
• Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
• Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
• Mythimna borbonensis Guillermet, 1996
• Nagia linteola (Guenée, 1852)
• Neostichtis ignorata Viette, 1958
• Neostichtis nigricostata (Hampson, 1908)
• Oedebasis longipalpis (Berio, 1959)
• Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)
• Oruza divisa (Walker, 1862)
• Pericyma mendax (Walker, 1858)
• Pericyma vinsonii (Guenée, 1862)
• Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
• Progonia oileusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Prominea porrecta (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866)
• Rivula dispar de Joannis, 1915
• Serrodes trispila (Mabille, 1890)
• Sesamia calamistis Hampson, 1910
• Simplicia extinctalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Simplicia inflexalis Guenée, 1854
• Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
• Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
• Thysanoplusia indicator (Walker, [1858])
• Tolna sypnoides (Butler, 1878)
• Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
• Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
• Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856)

Nolidae

• Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
• Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Nola denauxi Orhant, 2003
• Nycteola mauritia (de Joannis, 1906)
• Pardasena virgulana (Mabille, 1880)
• Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)

Oecophoridae

• Ancylometis dilucida Meyrick, 1910
• Ancylometis metacrocota Meyrick, 1930
• Ancylometis phylotypa Meyrick, 1930
• Ancylometis trigonodes Meyrick, 1887
• Cenarchis capitolina Meyrick, 1924
• Cenarchis celebrata Meyrick, 1924
• Cenarchis liopsamma Meyrick, 1924
• Cenarchis plectrophora Meyrick, 1924
• Cenarchis priscata Meyrick, 1924
• Cenarchis vesana Meyrick, 1924
• Cenarchis veterata Meyrick, 1924
• Epiphractis amphitricha Meyrick, 1910
• Epiphractis tryphoxantha Meyrick, 1930
• Hypercallia haematella Felder, 1875
• Metachanda astrapias (Meyrick, 1887)
• Metachanda baryscias Meyrick, 1930
• Metachanda brachychlaena Meyrick, 1930
• Metachanda declinata Meyrick, 1924
• Metachanda drypsolitha Meyrick, 1930
• Metachanda eophaea Meyrick, 1930
• Metachanda fimbriata (Meyrick, 1910)
• Metachanda gymnosopha Meyrick, 1930
• Metachanda holombra Meyrick, 1930
• Metachanda larochroa Meyrick, 1930
• Metachanda malevola Meyrick, 1924
• Metachanda oxyphrontis Meyrick, 1930
• Metachanda ptilodoxa Meyrick, 1930
• Metachanda sublevata Meyrick, 1924
• Metachanda taphrospila Meyrick, 1930
• Metachanda thaleropis Meyrick, 1911
• Metachanda trisemanta Meyrick, 1930
• Orygocera lenobapta Meyrick, 1924
• Oxycrates fulvoradiella Legrand, 1966
• Oxycrates longodivisella Legrand, 1966
• Oxycrates xanthopeda Meyrick, 1930
• Semnocosma necromantis Meyrick, 1924
• Tanychastis lysigama Meyrick, 1910
• Taragmarcha filicincta Meyrick, 1930
• Taragmarcha glutinata Meyrick, 1930
• Taragmarcha laqueata Meyrick, 1910

Plutellidae

• Helenodes platyacma Meyrick, 1930
• Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]

Pterophoridae

• Exelastis phlyctaenias Meyrick, 1911
• Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)
• Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Oidaematophorus mauritius Gibeaux, 1994
• Oxyptilus epidectis Meyrick, 1908
• Platyptilia censoria Meyrick, 1910
• Platyptilia fulva Bigot, 1964
• Platyptilia molopias Meyrick, 1906
• Platyptilia vinsoni Gibeaux, 1994
• Sphenarches caffer (Zeller, 1851)
• Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1852)
• Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Pyralidae

Chrysauginae

• Parachma lequettealis Guillermet, 2011

Galleriinae

• Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton, 1866)
• Lamoria clathrella (Ragonot, 1888)

Phycitinae

• Cadra cautella (Walker, 1863)
• Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg, 1885)
• Ceutholopha isidis (ZELLER, 1867)
• Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832)
• Hypargyria metalliferella Ragonot, 1888
• Hypsipyla grandella (Zeller, 1848)
• Hypsipyla robusta (Moore, 1886)
• Maliarpha separatella vectiferella (Ragonot, 1901)
• Morosaphycita morosalis (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Mussidia irisella (Guenée, 1862)
• Pempelia strophocomma (de Joannis, 1932)
• Phycita diaphana (Staudinger, 1870)
• Phycita demidovi Guillermet, 2007
• Spatulipalpia pectinatella de Joannis, 1915

Pyralinae

• Hypotia saramitoi (Guillermet, 1996)
• Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Pyralis manihotalis Guenée, 1854
• Ocrasa nostralis (Guenée, 1854)

Sphingidae

• Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cephonodes apus (Boisduval, 1833)
• Cephonodes trochilus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
• Coelonia fulvinotata (Butler, 1875)
• Coelonia solani (Boisduval, 1833)
• Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779)
• Macroglossum aesalon Mabille, 1879
• Macroglossum milvus (Boisduval, 1833)
• Macroglossum soror Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Nephele oenopion (Hübner, [1824])

Thyrididae

• Banisia clathrula (Guenée, 1877)
• Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971

Tineidae

• Amphixystis aethalopis (Meyrick, 1930)
• Amphixystis canthopa (Meyrick, 1924)
• Amphixystis chrysodora (Meyrick, 1924)
• Amphixystis crocinacma (Meyrick, 1930)
• Amphixystis crypsirias (Meyrick, 1930)
• Amphixystis fragosa (Meyrick, 1910)
• Amphixystis hydrochalca (Meyrick, 1930)
• Amphixystis pentacarpa (Meyrick, 1910)
• Amphixystis sciadocoma (Meyrick, 1924)
• Amphixystis serrata (Meyrick, 1914)
• Amphixystis siccata (Meyrick, 1910)
• Amphixystis spathistis (Meyrick, 1930)
• Amphixystis syntricha (Meyrick, 1910)
• Amphixystis trixysta (Meyrick, 1910)
• Archyala pagetodes (Meyrick, 1911)
• Erechthias zebrina (Butler, 1881)
• Ogmocoma pharmacista Meyrick, 1924
• Opogona autogama (Meyrick, 1911)
• Opogona iridogramma Meyrick, 1924
• Opogona omoscopa (Meyrick, 1893)
• Opogona phaeochalca Meyrick, 1908
• Opogona sacchari (Bojer, 1856)
• Praeacedes despecta (Meyrick, 1919)
• Protaphreutis antipyla Meyrick, 1930
• Protaphreutis borboniella (Boisduval, 1833)
• Protaphreutis brasmatias Meyrick, 1930
• Protaphreutis cubitalis (Meyrick, 1910)
• Protaphreutis leucopsamma Meyrick, 1930
• Protaphreutis sauroderma Meyrick, 1930
• Scalmatica malacista (Meyrick, 1924)
• Setomorpha rutella Zeller, 1852
• Tinea saltatrix Meyrick, 1930

Tortricidae

• Adoxophyes ergatica Meyrick, 1911
• Adoxophyes telestica Meyrick, 1930
• Bactra stagnicolana Zeller, 1852
• Bactra transvola Meyrick, 1924
• Borboniella discruciata (Meyrick, 1930)
• Borboniella rosacea Diakonoff, 1960
• Brachiolia amblopis (Meyrick, 1911)
• Brachiolia egenella (Walker, 1864)
• Bubonoxena ephippias (Meyrick, 1907)
• Coniostola calculosa (Meyrick, 1913)
• Cosmetra spiculifera (Meyrick, 1913)
• Cosmorrhyncha acrocosma (Meyrick, 1908)
• Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
• Cryptophlebia peltastica (Meyrick, 1921)
• Cryptophlebia rhynchias (Meyrick, 1905)
• Cryptophlebia semilunana (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Cryptophlebia williamsi Bradley, 1953
• Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)
• Grapholita atrana (Mabille, 1900)
• Grapholita delineana Walker, 1863
• Grapholita molesta (Busck, 1916)[4]
• Leguminivora anthracotis (Meyrick, 1913)
• Lobesia embrithes Diakonoff, 1961
• Lobesia oxypercna (Meyrick, 1930)
• Mystogenes astatopa Meyrick, 1930
• Olethreutes symmictopa (Meyrick, 1930)
• Procrica sanidota (Meyrick, 1912)
• Spilonota sinuosa Meyrick, 1917
• Strepsicrates rhothia (Meyrick, 1910)
• Tetramoera schistaceana (Snellen, 1891)
• Thaumatotibia ecnomia (Diakonoff, 1974)
• Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913)
• Tortrix ochnotoma Meyrick, 1930

Uraniidae

• Dirades theclata (Guenée, 1858)
• Epiplema melanosticta de Joannis, 1915

Yponomeutidae

• Xyrosaris obtorta Meyrick, 1924

References

• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2014). "Search". Afromoths. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

External links

• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.

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