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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
• Sameodes cancellalis
• Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Syllepte penthodes (Meyrick, 1902)

Erebidae

• Anomis sabulifera
• Asota caricae
• Chalciope mygdon (Cramer, 1777)
• Eublemma cochylioides
• Eudocima materna
• Euproctis fraterna
• Euproctis varians (Walker, 1855)
• Hydrillodes lentalis Guenée, 1854
• Hypena indicatalis Walker, 1859
• Hypena jussalis Walker, 1859
• Hypena laceratalis
• Maliattha signifera (Walker, 1857)
• Mocis frugalis
• Mocis undata
• Ophiusa coronata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Pantydia metaspila (Walker, 1857)
• Rhynchina obliqualis
• Simplicia robustalis Guenée, 1854
• Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Utetheisa pulchelloides

Geometridae

• Cyclophora anulifera (Hampson, 1893)
• Hyperythra lutea (Stoll, 1781)
• Mixocera parvulata (Walker, 1863)
• Pelagodes antiquadraria (Inoue, 1976)
• 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

• Darna furva
• Natada sericea (Hampson, 1893)

Noctuidae

• Aletia consanguis (Guenée, 1852)
• Anticarsia irrorata
• Athetis obtusa (Hampson, 1891)
• Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865)
• Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Chrysodeixis permissa (Walker, 1858)
• Gesonia obeditalis
• 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)
• Epicrocis lateritialis (Walker, 1863)
• Melathrix praetextella (Christoph, 1877)

Scythrididae

• Scythris atollicola Nupponen, Saldaitis & Fischer, 2013

Sphingidae

• Acherontia styx
• Agrius convolvuli
• Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
• Cephonodes picus
• Macroglossum gyrans Walker, 1856
• Macroglossum sitiene Walker, 1856
• Macroglossum svetlana Eitschberger & Fischer, 2009
• Xylophanes thyelia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Stathmopodidae

• Stathmopoda auriferella

Thyrididae

• Striglina scitaria (Walker, 1863)

Tortricidae

• Adoxophyes euryomis Meyrick, 1902
• Dudua aprobola
• Statherotis leucaspis (Meyrick, 1902)

References

External links

• AfroMoths

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