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Location of São Tomé and Príncipe
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
Arctiidae
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
Cossidae
Crambidae
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
Erebidae
Gelechiidae
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
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
Lasiocampidae
Lymantriidae
Noctuidae
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
Oecophoridae
Plutellidae
Pterophoridae
Pyralidae
Saturniidae
Sphingidae
Tineidae
Tortricidae
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
Zygaenidae
References
External links
List of moths of Africa
Sovereign states States with limited recognition
Dependencies and other territories