List of moths of the Maldives
Location of the Maldives
Moths of the Maldives represent about 57 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)
Crambidae
- Bradina admixtalis (Walker, 1859)
- Diaphania indica (Saunders, 1851)
- Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis (Zeller, 1852)
- Glyphodes bivitralis Guenée, 1854
- Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832)
- Ischnurges gratiosalis (Walker, 1859)
- Lamprosema niphealis (Walker, 1859)
- Leucinodes orbonalis Guenée, 1854
- Omiodes diemenalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Panalipa immeritalis (Walker, 1859)
- Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Parotis suralis (Lederer, 1863)
- Psara acrospila (Meyrick, 1886)
- Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Syllepte penthodes (Meyrick, 1902)
Erebidae
- Chalciope mygdon (Cramer, 1777)
- Euproctis varians (Walker, 1855)
- Hydrillodes lentalis Guenée, 1854
- Hypena indicatalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena jussalis Walker, 1859
- Maliattha signifera (Walker, 1857)
- Ophiusa coronata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Pantydia metaspila (Walker, 1857)
- Simplicia robustalis Guenée, 1854
- Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Geometridae
- Cyclophora anulifera (Hampson, 1893)
- Hyperythra lutea (Stoll, 1781)
- Mixocera parvulata (Walker, 1863)
- 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
- Natada sericea (Hampson, 1893)
Noctuidae
- Aletia consanguis (Guenée, 1852)
- Athetis obtusa (Hampson, 1891)
- Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865)
- Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Chrysodeixis permissa (Walker, 1858)
- Polytela gloriosae (Fabricius, 1781)
Nolidae
- 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
- Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Macroglossum gyrans Walker, 1856
- Macroglossum sitiene Walker, 1856
- Macroglossum svetlana Eitschberger & Fischer, 2009
- Xylophanes thyelia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Thyrididae
- Striglina scitaria (Walker, 1863)
Tortricidae
- Adoxophyes euryomis Meyrick, 1902
- Statherotis leucaspis (Meyrick, 1902)