There are about 332 known species of moth that had been recorded from São Tomé and Príncipe. 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, an island nation off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa.
Alucitidae edit
- Alucita atomoclasta (Meyrick, 1934)
Arctiidae edit
- Afrasura discocellularis (Strand, 1912)
- Afrasura hieroglyphica (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Afrasura pectinatissima Volynkin & László, 2018
- Afrasura saotomensis Volynkin & László, 2018
- Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
- Asura thomensis Rothschild, 1913
- Cyana rufifrons (Rothschild, 1912)
- Disparctia thomensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1926)
- Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
- Podomachla apicalis Walker, 1854
- Podomachla insularis (Talbot, 1929)
- Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cosmopterigidae edit
- Anatrachyntis simplex (Walsingham, 1891)
Cossidae edit
- Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874
- Eulophonotus nigrodiscalis Yakovlev, 2011
- Polyphagozerra coffeae (Nietner, 1861)
Crambidae edit
- Aethaloessa floridalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Agathodes thomensis Castel-Branco, 1973
- Agrotera albalis Maes, 2003
- Bradina itysalis Viette, 1957
- Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)
- Diaphana indica (Saunders, 1851
- 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)
- Pyrausta zyphalis Viette, 1958
- Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Syllepte amelialis Viette, 1957
- Syllepte lagoalis Viette, 1957
Elachistidae edit
- Ethmia spyrathodes Meyrick, 1922
Erebidae edit
- Achaea faber Holland, 1894
- Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
- Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
- Eudocima fullonia (Clerck, 1764)
- Lygephila pastinum (Treitschke, 1826)
- Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
- Hypena strigata (Fabricius, 1794)
- Hypena varialis Walker, 1866
Gelechiidae edit
- Theatrocopia roseoviridis Walsingham, 1897
Geometridae edit
- 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
- Pingasa hypoleucaria (Guenée, 1862)
- Problepsis ochripicta Warren, 1901
- Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)
- Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)
- Scopula quintaria (Prout, 1916)
- Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857
- Xanthorhoe tamsi D. S. Fletcher, 1963
- Zamarada principis Herbulot, 1958
- Zamarada tomensis Pierre-Baltus, 2005
Gracillariidae edit
- Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)
Lasiocampidae edit
- Stoermeriana thomensis Talbot, 1929
Lymantriidae edit
- Crorema quadristigata Talbot, 1929
- Eudasychira thomensis (Talbot, 1929)
Noctuidae edit
- Acantuerta thomensis (Jordan, 1904)
- Aegocera naveli Le Cerf, 1922
- Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
- Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
- Condica pauperata (Walker, 1858)
- Conservula cinisigna de Joannis, 1906
- Eutelia blandiatrix (Guenée, 1852)
- Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Feliniopsis gueneei (Laporte, 1973)
- Feliniopsis hosplitoides (Laporte, 1979)
- Lithacodia blandula (Guenée, 1862)
- Plusiopalpa dichora Holland, 1894
- Trachea chlorochrysa Berio, 1937
Notodontidae edit
- Afrocerura cameroona (Bethune-Baker, 1927)
Oecophoridae edit
- Metachanda citrodesma (Meyrick, 1911)
- Stathmopoda holothecta Meyrick, 1934
Plutellidae edit
- Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pterophoridae edit
- 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 edit
- Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Endotricha altitudinalis (Viette, 1957)
- Endotricha tamsi Whalley, 1963
- Endotricha thomealis (Viette, 1957)
- Endotricha viettealis Whalley, 1963
- Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813)
Saturniidae edit
- Bunaea oremansi Bouyer, 2008
Sphingidae edit
- Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hippotion talboti Clark, 1930
- Hyles livornica (Esper, 1779)
- Hyles tithymali (Boisduval, 1834)
- Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
- Temnora fumosa (Walker, 1856)
Tineidae edit
- Erechthias dracaenura (Meyrick, 1934)
- Harmaclona tephrantha (Meyrick, 1916)
- Opogona antiarcha Meyrick, 1934
Tortricidae edit
- Afroploce karsholti Aarvik, 2004
- Anthozela macambrarae Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2014
- Astronauta stellans (Meyrick, 1922)
- Choristoneura dinota (Meyrick, 1918)
- Choristoneura occidentalis (Walsingham, 1891)
- Choristoneura saotome Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2014
- 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
- Ercosmocydia terreirana Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2014
- Kennelia albifascies (Walsingham, 1900)
- Lobesia aeolopa Meyrick, 1907
- Lobesia vanillana (Joannis, 1900)
- Olethreutes decidua (Meyrick, 1934)
- Olethreutes doctrinalis (Meyrick, 1934)
- Olethreutes gutturalis (Meyrick, 1934)
- Peridaedala algosa (Meyrick, 1912)
- Prophaecasia usambarae (Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2014)
- Thaumatotibia batrachopa (Meyrick, 1908)
- Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913)
- Tortrix dinota Meyrick, 1918
- Tortrix prionistis Meyrick, 1928
Uraniidae edit
- Epiplema scripta ( Talbot, 1929
- Phazaca angulata (Talbot, 1929)
Zygaenidae edit
- Saliunca styx (Fabricius, 1775)
References edit
External links edit
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.