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The moths of the Seychelles represent about 275 known species. 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 on the Seychelles, a 115-island country in the Indian Ocean.

Alucitidae

• Alucita melanodactyla Legrand, 1966
• Alucita seychellensis (T. B. Fletcher, 1910)

Arctiidae

• Amerila aldabrensis (Freyer, 1912)
• Argina astrea (Drury, 1773)
• Eilema aldabrensis (Hampson, 1914)
• Eilema contorta Fryer, 1912
• Eilema lamprocraspis (Hampson, 1914)
• Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Exilisia subfusca (Freyer, 1912)
• Mahensia seychellarum Fryer, 1912
• Nyctemera seychellensis (Hampson, 1908)
• Utetheisa lactea (Butler, 1884)
• Utetheisa lotrix (Cramer, 1779)
• Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Utetheisa pulchelloides Hampson, 1907

Carposinidae

• Meridarchis caementaria Meyrick, 1911

Choreutidae

• Choreutis gratiosa (Meyrick, 1911)

Coleophoridae

• Blastobasis tabernatella (Legrand, 1966)

Copromorphidae

• Copromorpha cryptochlora Meyrick, 1930

Cosmopterigidae

• Bifascioides sindonia (Meyrick, 1911)

Crambidae

• Aethaloessa calidalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Alytana aldabralis (Viette, 1958)
• Autocharis amethystina Swinhoe, 1894
• Autocharis barbieri (Legrand, 1966)
• Bocchoris inspersalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Cadarena pudoraria (Hübner, 1825)
• Chabulina putrisalis (Viette, 1958)
• Chrysocatharylla agraphellus (Hampson, 1919)
• Cirrhochrista mulleralis Legrand, 1957
• Cirrhochrista perbrunnealis T. B. Fletcher, 1910
• Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Cnaphalocrocis trebiusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Condylorrhiza zyphalis (Viette, 1958)
• Conocramboides seychellellus (T. B. Fletcher, 1910)
• Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius, 1794)
• Diaphana indica (Saunders, 1851)
• Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847
• Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis (Zeller, 1852)
• Glyphodes capensis (Walker, 1866)
• Glyphodes duponti de Joannis, 1915
• Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781)
• Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
• Hymenoptychis sordida Zeller, 1852
• Lamprosema aldabralis (Viette, 1958)
• Maruca vitrata (Fabricius, 1787)
• Microcrambon paphiellus (Guenée, 1862)
• Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Noorda blitealis Walker, 1859
• Notarcha quaternalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Omiodes dnopheralis (Mabille, 1900)
• Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Orphanostigma abruptalis (Walker, 1859)
• Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794)
• Pessocosma prolalis (Viette & Legrand, 1958)
• Psara minoralis (Warren, 1892)
• Sameodes cancellalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Stemorrhages sericea (Drury, 1773)
• Stenochora lancinalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)
• Zebronia mahensis (T. B. Fletcher, 1910)

Elachistidae

• Ethmia nigroapicella (Saalmüller, 1880)

Gelechiidae

• Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger, 1876)

Geometridae

• Casuariclystis latifascia (Walker, 1866)
• Chloroclystis gerberae Herbulot, 1964
• Chloroclystis mokensis Prout L. B., 1937
• Chloroclystis oceanica Herbulot, 1962
• Colocleora acharis Herbulot, 1962
• Comostola laesaria (Walker, 1861)
• Comostolopsis simplex Warren, 1902
• Comostolopsis sladeni Prout, 1915
• Comostolopsis stillata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Episteira mouliniei Legrand, 1971
• Erastria leucicolor (Butler, 1875)
• Erastria madecassaria (Boisduval, 1833)
• Eucrostes disparata Walker, 1861
• Gymnoscelis tenera Warren, 1901
• Idaea poecilocrossa (Prout L.B., 1932)
• Idaea pulveraria (Snellen, 1872)
• Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)
• Ozola inexcisata Fryer, 1912
• Phaiogramma stibolepida (Butler, 1879)
• Problepsis deducta Herbulot, 1962
• Scardamia maculata Warren, 1897
• Scopula aspiciens Prout, 1926
• Scopula legrandi Herbulot, 1962
• Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)
• Scopula serena Prout, 1920
• Scopula sparsipunctata (Mabille, 1900)
• Thalassodes antithetica Herbulot, 1964
• Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857
• Xenimpia trizonata (Saalmüller, 1891)

Glyphipterigidae

• Glyphipterix dichalina Meyrick, 1911
• Glyphipterix medica Meyrick, 1911

Gracillariidae

• Acrocercops angelica Meyrick, 1919
• Acrocercops largoplaga Legrand, 1966
• Acrocercops martaella Legrand, 1966
• Acrocercops rhombocosma Meyrick, 1911
• Caloptilia megalaurata Legrand, 1966
• Caloptilia pentaplaca (Meyrick, 1911)
• Caloptilia prosticta (Meyrick, 1909)
• Caloptilia tirantella Legrand, 1966
• Cryptolectica euryphanta (Meyrick, 1911)
• Cuphodes tridora Meyrick, 1911
• Macarostola parolca Meyrick, 1911

Immidae

• Imma francenella Legrand, 1966
• Imma quaestoria Meyrick, 1911

Lymantriidae

• Euproctis pectinata (Freyer, 1912)

Nepticulidae

• Stigmella tropicatella Legrand, 1966

Noctuidae

• Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
• Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775)
• Achaea violaceofascia (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Acontia malgassica Mabille, 1881
• Acontia rachiastis (Hampson, 1908)
• Acontia transfigurata Wallengren, 1856
• Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
• Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
• Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
• Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Arsina silenalis Guenée, 1862
• Autoba costimacula (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Brevipecten malagasy Viette, 1965
• Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
• Callopistria yerburii Butler, 1884
• Chalciope delta (Boisduval, 1833)
• Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
• Condica conducta (Walker, 1857)
• Condica pauperata (Walker, 1858)
• Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852)
• Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
• Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
• Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
• Eublemma ragusana (Freyer, 1844)
• Eublemma rivula (Moore, 1882)
• Eublemmoides apicimacula (Mabille, 1880)
• Eutelia discitriga Walker, 1865
• Eutelia geyeri (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
• Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
• Gracilodes nysa Guenée, 1852
• Grammodes bifasciata (Petagna, 1787)
• Grammodes geometrica (Fabricius, 1775)
• Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
• Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
• Hypena conscitalis Walker, 1866
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
• Hypena varialis Walker, 1866
• Mocis conveniens (Walker, 1858)
• Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
• Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
• Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
• Progonia matilei Orhant, 2001
• Progonia oileusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866)
• Rivula dimorpha Fryer, 1912
• Simplicia extinctalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
• Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
• Stictoptera antemarginata Saalmüller, 1880
• Trigonodes exportata Guenée, 1852
• Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)

Nolidae

• Bryophilopsis nesta T. B. Fletcher, 1910
• Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
• Leocyma discophora Hampson, 1912
• Nycteola mauritia (de Joannis, 1906)

Notodontidae

• Iridoplitis malgassica Kiriakoff, 1960

Oecophoridae

• Calicotis animula Meyrick, 1911
• Metachanda trixantha (Meyrick, 1911)
• Pachyrhabda tridora Meyrick, 1911
• Platactis hormathota Meyrick, 1911
• Stathmopoda auriferella (Walker, 1864)
• Stathmopoda biclavis Meyrick, 1911
• Stathmopoda daubanella (Legrand, 1958)
• Stathmopoda epilampra Meyrick, 1911
• Stathmopoda luxuriosa Meyrick, 1911
• Stathmopoda superdaubanella (Legrand, 1958)

Psychidae

• Melasina tabernalis Meyrick, 1911

Pterophoridae

• Hellinsia aldabrensis (T. B. Fletcher, 1910)
• Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)
• Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)
• Megalorhipida leptomeres (Meyrick, 1886)
• Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Platyptilia claripicta T. B. Fletcher, 1910
• Platyptilia dimorpha T. B. Fletcher, 1910
• Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)
• Sphenarches caffer (Zeller, 1851)
• Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1852)
• Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Pyralidae

• Ematheudes nigropunctata (Legrand, 1966)
• Endotricha decessalis Walker, 1859
• Endotricha mesenterialis (Walker, 1859)
• Endotricha vinolentalis Ragonot, 1891
• Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832)
• Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Lepipaschia inornata Shaffer & Solis, 1994

Sphingidae

• Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cephonodes tamsi Griveaud, 1960
• Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779)
• Hippotion isis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
• Hippotion osiris (Dalman, 1823)
• Macroglossum alluaudi de Joannis, 1893
• Nephele leighi Joycey & Talbot, 1921
• Temnora fumosa (Walker, 1856)
• Temnora peckoveri (Butler, 1876)

Thyrididae

• Banisia aldabrana (Fryer, 1912)
• Banisia apicale (Freyer, 1912)
• Banisia tibiale (Fryer, 1912)
• Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971

Tineidae

• Afrocelestis lochaea (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis beverrasella (Legrand, 1966)
• Amphixystis crobylora (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis cyanodesma (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis ensifera (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis fricata (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis glomerata (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis hermatias (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis ichnora (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis irenica (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis lactiflua (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis multipunctella (Legrand, 1966)
• Amphixystis nephalia (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis polystrigella (Legrand, 1966)
• Amphixystis rhodothicta (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis rhothiaula (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis rorida (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis roseostrigella (Legrand, 1966)
• Amphixystis selacta (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis sicaria (Meyrick, 1911)
• Amphixystis tarsota (Meyrick, 1911)
• Archyala pagetodes (Meyrick, 1911)
• Crypsithyris concolorella (Walker, 1863)
• Erechthias calypta (Meyrick, 1911)
• Erechthias eurylyta (Meyrick, 1911)
• Erechthias flavistriata (Walsingham, 1907)
• Erechthias minuscula (Walsingham, 1897)
• Erechthias molynta (Meyrick, 1911)
• Erechthias polyplaga (Legrand, 1966)
• Erechthias scaligera (Meyrick, 1911)
• Erechthias zebrina (Butler, 1881)
• Eudarcia saucropis (Meyrick, 1911)
• Haplotinea insectella (Fabricius, 1794)
• Niditinea fuscella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Opogona autogama (Meyrick, 1911)
• Opogona florea (Meyrick, 1911)
• Opogona harpalea Meyrick, 1911
• Opogona heliogramma (Meyrick, 1911)
• Opogona lornatella Legrand, 1966
• Opogona phaeochalca Meyrick, 1908
• Opogona sacchari (Bojer, 1856)
• Opogona sultana Meyrick, 1911
• Phereoeca allutella (Rebel, 1892)
• Pitharcha chalinaea Meyrick, 1908
• Proterodesma tomaea Meyrick, 1911
• Scalmatica rimosa Meyrick, 1911
• Setomorpha rutella Zeller, 1852
• Tinea coronata Meyrick, 1911
• Tinea cursoriatella Legrand, 1966
• Tinea milichopa Meyrick, 1911
• Tiquadra gypsatma (Meyrick, 1911)
• Trichophaga mormopis Meyrick, 1935

Tortricidae

• Adoxophyes ergatica Meyrick, 1911
• Bactra legitima Meyrick, 1911
• Brachiolia amblopis (Meyrick, 1911)
• Coniostola stereoma (Meyrick, 1912)
• Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
• Cryptophlebia caeca Diakonoff, 1969
• Cryptophlebia peltastica (Meyrick, 1921)
• Cydia malesana (Meyrick, 1920)
• Cydia siderocosma (Diakonoff, 1969)
• Dudua aprobola (Meyrick, 1886)
• Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)
• Eccopsis nebulana Walsingham, 1891
• Eucosma chlorobathra Meyrick, 1911
• Eucosma temenitis Meyrick, 1911
• Grapholita limbata Diakonoff, 1969
• Grapholita mesoscia Diakonoff, 1969
• Grapholita miranda (Meyrick, 1911)
• Grapholita rhabdotacra Diakonoff, 1969
• Herpystis physalodes (Meyrick, 1910)
• Herpystis rusticula Meyrick, 1911
• Lobesia vanillana (de Joannis, 1900)
• Megaherpystis eusema Diakonoff, 1969
• Metriophlebia chaomorpha (Meyrick, 1929)
• Neohermenias melanastraptis Diakonoff, 1969
• Olethreutes conchopleura (Meyrick, 1911)
• Olethreutes hygrantis (Meyrick, 1911)
• Phricanthes flexilineana (Walker, 1863)
• Selania exornata (Diakonoff, 1969)
• Statherotis leucaspis (Meyrick, 1902)
• Stenentoma chrysolampra Diakonoff, 1969
• Stenentoma onychosema Diakonoff, 1969

Uraniidae

• Dirades theclata (Guenée, 1858)

Yponomeutidae

• Argyresthia lustralis Meyrick, 1911

References

External links

• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Search". Afromoths. Retrieved March 21, 2018.

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