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Location of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha
The Lepidoptera of
Saint Helena ,
Ascension Island and
Tristan da Cunha consist of the
butterflies and
moths recorded from those places. According to a recent estimate, there are a total of about 120
Lepidoptera species present.
Butterflies
Lycaenidae
Nymphalidae
Moths
Choreutidae
Cosmopterigidae
Crambidae
Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854)
[3]
Diaphana indica (Saunders, 1851)
[3]
Helenoscoparia helenensis (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Helenoscoparia lucidalis (Walker, 1875)
[3]
Helenoscoparia nigritalis (Walker, 1875)
[3]
Helenoscoparia scintillulalis (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Helenoscoparia transversalis (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781)
[1]
[3]
Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
[1]
Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854)
[3]
Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794)
[3]
Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
[1]
[3]
Udea delineatalis (Walker, 1875)
[3]
Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)
[3]
Udea hageni Viette, 1952
[2]
[3]
Uresiphita polygonalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
[3]
Zovax whiteheadii (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Elachistidae
Gelechiidae
Geometridae
Glyphipterigidae
Gracillariidae
Hepialidae
Lyonetiidae
Noctuidae
Acanthodelta janata (Linnaeus, 1758)
[3]
Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
[3]
Agrotis costalis Walker, 1857
[2]
[3]
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
[1]
[3]
Agrotis pallidula Walker, 1875
[3]
Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
[1]
[2]
[3]
Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
[1]
[3]
Ascalapha odorata (Linnaeus, 1758)
[2]
[3]
Caradrina atriluna Guenée, 1852
[3]
Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, 1858)
[1]
Chrysodeixis dalei E. Wollaston, 1879
[3]
Condica capensis (Guenée, 1852)
[3]
Condica circuita (Guenée, 1852)
[3]
Craterestra subvelata (Walker, 1875)
[3]
Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852)
[1]
[3]
Dimorphinoctua cunhaensis Viette, 1952
[2]
[3]
Dimorphinoctua goughensis D. S. Fletcher, 1963
[2]
Dimorphinoctua pilifera (Walker, 1857)
[2]
[3]
Eudocima apta (Walker, [1858])
[2]
Faronta exoul (Walker, 1856)
[2]
[3]
Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1827)
[1]
Helicoverpa helenae Hardwick, 1965
[3]
Hypena helenae Berio, 1972
[3]
Hypena masurialis (Hübner, 1825)
[1]
Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
[3]
Hypocala rostrata (Fabricius, 1794)
[3]
Leucania ptyonophora (Hampson, 1905)
[3]
Lycophotia porphyrea (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
[2]
Melipotis obliquivia (Hampson, 1926)
[1]
Mocis punctularis (Hübner, 1808)
[2]
Mythimna loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
[1]
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777)
[3]
Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858)
[3]
Peridroma goughi D. S. Fletcher, 1963
[2]
Peridroma saucia (Hübner, [1808])
[3]
Simplicia extinctalis (Zeller, 1852)
[3]
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
[1]
Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
[1]
[3]
Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, [1803])
[1]
[3]
Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
[1]
[3]
Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856)
[3]
Oecophoridae
Plutellidae
Pterophoridae
Pyralidae
Sphingidae
Tineidae
Erechthias ascensionae Davis & Mendel, 2013
[1]
Erechthias grayi Davis & Mendel, 2013
[1]
Erechthias minuscula (Walsingham, 1897)
[1]
Monopis crocicapitella (Clemens, 1859)
[2]
Niditinea fuscella (Linnaeus, 1758)
[2]
Opogona actaeon (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Opogona anticella (Walker, 1875)
[3]
Opogona apicalis (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Opogona atlantica (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Opogona binotatella (Walker, 1875)
[3]
Opogona brunneomarmorata (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Opogona compositarum (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Opogona congenera (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Opogona divisa (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Opogona fasciculata (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Opogona flavotincta (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Opogona helenae (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Opogona helenaeoides (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Opogona irrorata (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Opogona niveopicta (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Opogona omoscopa (Meyrick, 1893)
[3]
Opogona recurva (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Opogona sacchari (Bojer, 1856)
[3]
Opogona scalaris (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Opogona subaeneella (Walker, 1875)
[3]
Opogona ursella (Walker, 1875)
[3]
Opogona vilis (E. Wollaston, 1879)
[3]
Phereoeca allutella (Rebel, 1892)
[1]
Tinea aureomarmorata E. Wollaston, 1879
[3]
Tinea bicolor E. Wollaston, 1879
[3]
Tinea dubiella Stainton, 1857
[3]
Tinea fasciolata E. Wollaston, 1879
[3]
Tinea flavofimbriata E. Wollaston, 1879
[3]
Tinea minutissima E. Wollaston, 1879
[3]
Tinea pellionella Linnaeus, 1758
[3]
Tinea piperata E. Wollaston, 1879
[3]
Tinea pulveripennis E. Wollaston, 1879
[3]
Tinea pulverulenta E. Wollaston, 1879
[3]
Tinea subalbidella Stainton, 1867
[1]
Tortricidae
Uraniidae
References
Sources
Robinson, Gaden S. & Kirke, Charles M.StG. (2007). "Lepidoptera of Ascension Island—a review". Journal of Natural History . 24 (1): 119–135.
doi :
10.1080/00222939000770081 .
Holdgate, M. W. (October 7, 1965). "The Fauna of the Tristan Da Cunha Islands". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences . 249 (759): 361–402.
doi :
10.1098/rstb.1965.0015 .
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