List of moths of Seychelles

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.

Location of the Seychelles

This is a list of moth species which have been recorded on the Seychelles, a 115-island country in the Indian Ocean.

Alucitidae

Arctiidae

Carposinidae

Choreutidae

Coleophoridae

Copromorphidae

Cosmopterigidae

Crambidae

Elachistidae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

Glyphipterigidae

Gracillariidae

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

Lymantriidae
  • Euproctis pectinata (Freyer, 1912)

Nepticulidae

Noctuidae

Nolidae

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

Pyralidae

Sphingidae

Thyrididae

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
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References
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