List of moths of Sao Tome and Principe
Location of São Tomé and Príncipe
Moths of São Tomé and Príncipe represent about 106 known moth species. 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 São Tomé and Príncipe.
Alucitidae
- Alucita atomoclasta (Meyrick, 1934)
Arctiidae
- Amerila uniformis (Berio, 1935)
- Asura thomensis Rothschild, 1913
- Cyana rufifrons (Rothschild, 1912)
- Disparctia thomensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1926)
- Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
- Nyctemera insularis (Talbot, 1929)
Crambidae
- Bradina itysalis Viette, 1957
- Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)
- Eudonia thomealis (Viette, 1957)
- Glyphodes rhombalis Viette, 1957
- Hyalobathra barnsalis (Viette, 1957)
- Pardomima martinalis Viette, 1957
- Paschiodes scoparialis (Viette, 1957)
- Paschiodes thomealis Viette, 1957
- Pseudonoorda palealis (Viette, 1957)
- Syllepte amelialis Viette, 1957
- Syllepte lagoalis Viette, 1957
Elachistidae
- Ethmia spyrathodes Meyrick, 1922
Gelechiidae
- Theatrocopia roseoviridis Walsingham, 1897
Geometridae
- Anoectomychus lautipars (Prout, 1927)
- Antitrygodes acinosa Prout, 1932
- Ascotis glaucotoxa (Prout, 1927)
- Asthenotricha unipecten (Prout, 1915)
- Bathycolpodes subfuscata (Warren, 1902)
- Cabera nathaliae Herbulot, 1991
- Cabera subalba (Warren, 1901)
- Chloroclystis consobrina (Warren, 1901)
- Cleora subcincta (Warren, 1901)
- Comostolopsis rubristicta (Warren, 1899)
- Disclisioprocta natalata (Walker, 1862)
- Gymnoscelis birivulata Warren, 1902
- Gymnoscelis crassata Warren, 1901
- Idaea insularum (Prout, 1927)
- Mesocolpia subcomosa Warren, 1901
- Pingasa decristata Warren, 1902
- Problepsis ochripicta Warren, 1901
- Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)
- Scopula quintaria (Prout, 1916)
- Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857
- Xanthorhoe tamsi Fletcher, 1963
- Zamarada principis Herbulot, 1958
- Zamarada tomensis Pierre-Baltus, 2005
Gracillariidae
- Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)
Lasiocampidae
- Stoermeriana thomensis Talbot, 1929
Lymantriidae
- Crorema quadristigata Talbot, 1929
- Eudasychira thomensis (Talbot, 1929)
Noctuidae
- Acantuerta thomensis (Jordan, 1904)
- Achaea faber Holland, 1894
- Aegocera naveli Le Cerf, 1922
- Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
- Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
- Condica pauperata (Walker, 1858)
- Conservula cinisigna de Joannis, 1906
- Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
- Eudocima fullonia (Clerck, 1764)
- Eutelia blandiatrix (Guenée, 1852)
- Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Feliniopsis gueneei (Laporte, 1973)
- Feliniopsis hosplitoides (Laporte, 1979)
- Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
- Lithacodia blandula (Guenée, 1862)
- Plusiopalpa dichora Holland, 1894
- Trachea chlorochrysa Berio, 1937
Notodontidae
- Afrocerura cameroona (Bethune-Baker, 1927)
Oecophoridae
- Metachanda citrodesma (Meyrick, 1911)
- Stathmopoda holothecta Meyrick, 1934
Plutellidae
- Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pterophoridae
- Exelastis crepuscularis (Meyrick, 1909)
- Platyptilia infesta Meyrick, 1934
- Platyptilia molopias Meyrick, 1906
- Platyptilia toxochorda Meyrick, 1934
- Pterophorus niveodactyla (Pagenstecher, 1900)
- Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Pyralidae
- Endotricha altitudinalis (Viette, 1957)
- Endotricha tamsi Whalley, 1963
- Endotricha thomealis (Viette, 1957)
- Endotricha viettealis Whalley, 1963
Saturniidae
- Bunaea oremansi Bouyer, 2008
Sphingidae
- Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hippotion talboti Clark, 1930
- Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
- Temnora fumosa (Walker, 1856)
Tineidae
- Erechthias dracaenura (Meyrick, 1934)
- Harmaclona tephrantha (Meyrick, 1916)
- Opogona antiarcha Meyrick, 1934
Tortricidae
- Astronauta stellans (Meyrick, 1922)
- Cosmorrhyncha microcosma Aarvik, 2004
- Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
- Dracontogena metamorphica (Meyrick, 1928)
- Dracontogena tonitrualis (Meyrick, 1934)
- Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)
- Eccopsis praecedens Walsingham, 1897
- Eucosma sphalerodes Meyrick, 1934
- Eucosma tonitrualis Meyrick, 1934
- Kennelia albifascies (Walsingham, 1900)
- Lobesia aeolopa Meyrick, 1907
- Olethreutes decidua (Meyrick, 1934)
- Olethreutes doctrinalis (Meyrick, 1934)
- Olethreutes gutturalis (Meyrick, 1934)
- Peridaedala algosa (Meyrick, 1912)
- Thaumatotibia batrachopa (Meyrick, 1908)
- Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913)
- Tortrix dinota Meyrick, 1918
- Tortrix prionistis Meyrick, 1928
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