List of moths of Mauritius explained

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
• 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 anisodactylus (Walker, 1864)^[4]
• Sphenarches caffer (Zeller, 1851)
• Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1852)
• Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)

Pyralidae

Chrysauginae

• Parachma lequettealis Guillermet, 2011

Galleriinae

• Corcyra cephalonica
• Lamoria clathrella (Ragonot, 1888)

Phycitinae

• Cadra cautella (Walker, 1863)
• Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg, 1885)
• Ceutholopha isidis (ZELLER, 1867)
• Etiella zinckenella
• Hypargyria metalliferella Ragonot, 1888
• Hypsipyla grandella (Zeller, 1848)
• Hypsipyla robusta (Moore, 1886)
• Maliarpha separatella vectiferella
• 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
• 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)^[5]
• 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

• Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2014 . Search . Afromoths . 1 December 2014.

External links

• Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2018 . Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera) . Afromoths.

Notes and References

1. http://msiri.mu.refer.org/document.php?id=1255 Publications du Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute
2. http://www.fao.org/forestry/6841-0e7cfea9831eda23d257761475d511f36.pdf FAO.org - Kueffer & Mauremootoo, 2004 - Case studies on the Status of Invasive Woody plant species in the Western Indian Ocean
3. Web site: www.gov.mu - AMAS 1997 - Integr. Control of Plutella xylostella (L.) in Mauritius . 2012-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101116081928/http://www.gov.mu/portal/sites/ncb/moa/farc/amas97/pdf/areu28.pdf . 2010-11-16 . dead .
4. https://islandbiodiversity.com/Phelsuma28h.pdf Bippus, 2020. Records of Lepidoptera from the Malagasy region with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Noctuidae, Alucitidae, Choreutidae, Euteliidae, Gelechiidae, Blastobasidae, Pterophoridae, Tonzidae, Tineidae, Praydidae, Cosmopterigidae, Batrachedridae).
5. http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/pw/ins/pp/hort/fs004_2004.pdf - DoA factsheet on Grapholita molesta