Moths of the Maldives represent about 83 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.Biological Diversity of the Maldives
This is a list of moth species which have been recorded on the Maldives.
Choreutidae Anthophila submarginalis (Walker, 1865) Choreutis ophiosema
Crambidae Bradina admixtalis (Walker, 1859) Cirrhochrista annulifera Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Conogethes punctiferalis Cydalima laticostalis Diaphania indica (Saunders, 1851) Diasemia accalis Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis (Zeller, 1852) Glyphodes bivitralis Guenée, 1854 Glyphodes caesalis Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775) Hellula undalis Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832) Ischnurges gratiosalis (Walker, 1859) Lamprosema niphealis (Walker, 1859) Leucinodes orbonalis Guenée, 1854 Maruca vitrata Omiodes diemenalis (Guenée, 1854) Parapoynx diminutalis Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller, 1852) Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller, 1852) Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Guenée, 1854) Parotis suralis (Lederer, 1863) Psara acrospila (Meyrick, 1886) Pyrausta phoenicealis Rehimena surusalis Sameodes cancellalis Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775) Syllepte penthodes (Meyrick, 1902)
Erebidae Anomis sabulifera Argina astrea Asota caricae Chalciope mygdon (Cramer, 1777) Dichromia sagitta Eublemma cochylioides Eudocima materna Euproctis fraterna Euproctis varians (Walker, 1855) Hydrillodes lentalis Guenée, 1854 Hypena indicatalis Walker, 1859 Hypena jussalis Walker, 1859 Hypena laceratalis Maliattha signifera (Walker, 1857) Mocis frugalis Mocis undata Ophiusa coronata (Fabricius, 1775) Pantydia metaspila (Walker, 1857) Rhynchina obliqualis Simplicia robustalis Guenée, 1854 Trigonodes hyppasia Utetheisa lotrix Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758) Utetheisa pulchelloides
Geometridae Cyclophora anulifera (Hampson, 1893) Hyperythra lutea (Stoll, 1781) Mixocera parvulata (Walker, 1863) Pelagodes antiquadraria (Inoue, 1976) 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 Darna furva Natada sericea (Hampson, 1893)
Noctuidae Aletia consanguis (Guenée, 1852) Anticarsia irrorata Athetis obtusa (Hampson, 1891) Chasmina candida (Walker, 1865) Chasmina tibialis (Fabricius, 1775) Chrysodeixis permissa (Walker, 1858) Gesonia obeditalis Helicoverpa assulta Polytela gloriosae (Fabricius, 1781) Spodoptera exigua Spodoptera litura Thyas honesta Thysanoplusia orichalcea
Nolidae Earias vittella Nola squalida Staudinger, 1870
Pterophoridae Sphenarches caffer (Zeller, 1851)
Pyralidae Endotricha mesenterialis (Walker, 1859) Epicrocis lateritialis (Walker, 1863) Melathrix praetextella (Christoph, 1877) Termioptycha albifurcalis
Scythrididae Scythris atollicola Nupponen, Saldaitis & Fischer, 2013
Sphingidae Acherontia styx Agrius convolvuli Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771) Cephonodes picus Macroglossum gyrans Walker, 1856 Macroglossum sitiene Walker, 1856 Macroglossum svetlana Eitschberger & Fischer, 2009 Xylophanes thyelia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Stathmopodidae Stathmopoda auriferella
Thyrididae Striglina scitaria (Walker, 1863)
Tortricidae Adoxophyes euryomis Meyrick, 1902 Dudua aprobola Statherotis leucaspis (Meyrick, 1902)
References
External links AfroMoths