List of moths of Sri Lanka

Location of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the world. There are about 2 million species of arthropods found in the world, and still it is counting. So many new species are discover up to this time also. So it is very complicated and difficult to summarize the exact number of species found within a certain region.

The following is an incomplete list of the moths of Sri Lanka.

Moth

Moths are Lepidopterans that classified together with their beautiful partners, the butterflies. The two types are easily recognized by first sight with a good naked eye. The main differences are as follows.

Feature Butterflies Moths
Shape and structure of antennae thin slender filamentous antennae which are club-shaped at the end. comb-like or feathery antennae, or filamentous and unclubbed.
Wing-coupling mechanisms lack a frenulum. have a frenulum which is a filament arising from the hindwing and coupling (matching up) with barbs on the forewing. The frenulum can be observed only when a specimen is in hand. Some moths have a lobe on the forewing called a jugum that helps in coupling with the hindwing.
Pupae form an exposed pupa, also termed a chrysalis. moth caterpillars spin a cocoon made of silk within which they metamorphose into the pupal stage.
Colouration of the wings bright colours on their wings. usually plain brown, grey, white or black and often with obscuring patterns of zigzags or swirls.
Activity diurnal. nocturnal and crepuscular.
Structure of the body have slender and smoother abdomens. have stout and hairy or furry-looking bodies.
Scales ossess fine scales. larger scales on their wings which makes them look more dense and fluffy.
Appearance of Eyes apposition eyes. superposition eyes.
Resting posture fold their wings above their backs when they are perched. rest with their wings spread out to their sides.

Within Sri Lanka, the latest revision of lepidopterans described 1903 species with 58 families of butterflies and moths. Out of these 1903 species, 208 species are butterflies and 1695 species are moths.

Alucitidae

Autostichidae - Autostichid micromoths

Batrachedridae - Batrachedrid micromoths

Amata cysseus

Bombycidae - Silkworm moths

Brachodidae - Little bear moths

Callidulidae - Callidulid day-flying moths

Carposinidae - Fruitworm moths

Choreutidae - Metalmark moths

Coleophoridae

Cosmopterigidae - Cosmet moths

Cossidae - Carpenter millers

Crambidae - Grass moths

Acentropinae - Crambid snout moths

Crambinae

Cybalomiinae

Epipaschiinae

Evergestinae

Musotiminae

Noordinae

Odontiinae

Pyraustinae

Schoenobiinae

Scopariinae

Spilomelinae - Spilomeline moths

Wurthiinae

Drepanidae - Hooktip and False Owlet moths

Dudgeonidae

  • Dudgeonea leucosticta Hampson, 1900

Elachistidae - Grass-miner moths

Epipyropidae - Planthopper parasite moths

Erebidae - Underwing moths

Aganainae

Anobinae - Anobine moths

  • Anoba sinuata (Fabricius 1775)

Arctiinae - Tiger and Lichen moths

Boletobiinae

  • Araeopteron griseata Hampson, 1907
  • Aereopteron nivalis Hampson,1907
  • Araeopteron pictale Hampson, 1893
  • Aereopteron poliaphaea (Hampson,1910)
  • Araeopteron proleuca Hampson, 1907
  • Araeopteron rufescens (Hampson, 1910)
  • Araeopteron xanthopis (Hampson, 1907)
  • Autoba abrupta Walker, 1865
  • Autoba angulifera (Moore, 1882)
  • Autoba brachygonia (Hampson, 1910)
  • Autoba olivacea Walker, [1858]
  • Condate arenacea (Walker 1865)
  • Corgatha zonalis Walker, [1859]
  • Enispa oblataria Walker, 1861
  • Eublemma amabilis Moore, [1884]
  • Eublemma anachoresis (Wallengren,1863)
  • Eublemma baccalix (Swinhoe,1886)
  • Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852)
  • Eublemma dimidialis (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Eublemma pudica Snellen, 1880
  • Eublemma scitulum (Rambur,i833)
  • Eublemma trifasciata Moore, 1881
  • Hiccoda dosaroides Moore, 1882
  • Hiccoda nigripalpis (Walker, 1866)
  • Homodes vivida Guenée, 1852
  • Hypenagonia vexataria Walker, 1861
  • Metachrostis egens Moore, [1884]
  • Micraeschus elataria Walker, 1861
  • Micraeschus rosellus Hampson, 1893
  • Neachrostia undulata (Hampson 1893)
  • Oruza divisa (Walker, 1862)
  • Tamba decolor Walker, 1865
  • Tamba lineifera Walker, 1865
  • Tamba usurpatalis Walker, 1858
  • Zurobata vacillans (Walker, 1864)

Calpinae - Fruit-piercing moths

  • Acantholipes trajecta (Walker, 1865)
  • Araeognatha umbrosa Hampson, 1893
  • Bamra albicola (Walker, 1858)
  • Bamra mundata (Walker, 1858)
  • Belciana biformis (Walker, 1858)
  • Bocula pallens (Moore , 1882)
  • Bocula xanthostola Hampson, 1926
  • Brana calopasa Walker, [1858]
  • Brevipecten captata (Butler, 1889)
  • Buzara onelia (Guenée, 1852)
  • Buzara umbrosa (Walker, 1865)
  • Caduca albopunctata (Walker, 1858)
  • Calesia dasyptera (Kollar, 1844)
  • Calesia flabellifera Moore, 1878
  • Calesia fuscicorpus Hampson, 1891
  • Calesia haemorrhoa Guenee, 1852
  • Calesia rufipalpis (Walker, 1858)
  • Calesia stillifera Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Calyptra eustrigata (Hampson, 1926)
  • Calyptra minuticornis (Guenée, 1852)
  • Calymniops trapezata Moore, 1887
  • Chusaris figurata (Moore, [1885])
  • Chusaris ideoides Hampson, 1891
  • Chusaris paucimaculata (Hampson, 1893)
  • Chusaris retatalis Walker, [1859]
  • Claterna cydonia (Cramer, [1775])
  • Corcobara angulipennis Moore, 1882
  • Cyclodes omma (van der Hoeven, 1840)
  • Daona mansueta Walker, 1864
  • Delgamma pangonia (Guenée, 1852)
  • Diascia transvitta (Moore 1887)
  • Dierna patibulum (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Diomea rotundata Walker, [1858] 1857
  • Dordura aliena Walker, 1865
  • Dunira scitula Walker, 1865
  • Dunira punctimargo Wileman, 1911
  • Eclipsea maculapex Hampson, 1893
  • Egnasia accingalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Egnasia ephyrodalis Walker, [1859]
  • Egnasia ocellata (Walker, 1885)
  • Egnasia participalis (Moore, 1885)
  • Egnasia polia Hampson, 1891
  • Episparis liturata (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Episparis tortuosalis Moore, 1867
  • Eudocima aurantia (Moore, 1877)
  • Eudocima cajeta (Cramer, 1775)
  • Eudocima homaena (Bübner, 1823)
  • Eudocima hypermnestra (Cramer, 1780)
  • Eudocima materna Linnaeus, (1767)
  • Eudocima phalonia (Linnaeus, 1763)
  • Eudocima salaminia (Cramer, 1777)
  • Falana sordida Moore, 1882
  • Fodina pallula Guenée, 1852
  • Fodina stola Hampson, 1893 F. postmaculata is considered as a synonym
  • Gesonia obeditalis (Walker, 1866)
  • Goniocraspedon mistura (Swinhoe, 1891)
  • Hyperlopha cristifera (Walker, 1865)
  • Hypocala deflorata (Fabricius, 1792)
  • Hypocala violacea Butler, 1879
  • Ilyrgis echephurealis Walker, 1859
  • Maguda palpalis Walker, 1865
  • Marapana pulverata Guenée, 1852
  • Mecodina praecipua Walker, 1865
  • Mecistoptera griseifusa Hampson, 1893
  • Micreremites rasalis Warren, 1891
  • Nagadeba indecoralis Walker, 1865
  • Nagadeba polia (Hampson, 1891)
  • Nolasena ferrifervens Walker [1858]
  • Olulis lactigutta (Hampson, 1907)
  • Olulis puncticinctalis Walker, 1863
  • Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Oraesia orgyrosigna (Moore, 1884)
  • Oraesia provocans Walker, 1857
  • Oxygonitis sericeata Hampson, 1893
  • Panilla dispila Walker, 1865
  • Pantydia metaspila (Walker, 1857)
  • Papuacola lignicolor Hampson, 1926
  • Phycidimorpha rosea Hampson, 1893
  • Phyllodes consobrina Westwood, 1848
  • Pilipectus prunifer (Hampson, 1894)
  • Plusiodonta coelonota (Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844)
  • Pseudogyrtona perversa Walker, 1862
  • Radara subcupralis (Walker, 1866)
  • Ramadasa pavo (Walker, 1856)
  • Rema tetraspila (Walker, 1865)
  • Rhesala imparata (Walker, 1858)
  • Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866)
  • Saroba ceylonica Walker 1865
  • Saroba maculicosta Walker, 1858
  • Saroba pustulifera Walker, 1865
  • Serrodes campana Guenée, 1852
  • Serrodes partita (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Tadaxa bijungens (Walker, 1865)
  • Tephriopis divulsa Walker, 1865
  • Tipasa omariusalis Walker, 1859
  • Tipasa renalis Moore, 1885
Gesonia obeditalis
Serrodes campana

Erebinae

Herminiinae - Litter moths

  • Adrapsa ablualis Walker, [1859]
  • Adrapsa despecta (Walker, 1865)
  • Adrapsa geometroides (Walker, [1858])
  • Adrapsa scopigera (Moore, [1885])
  • Bocana manifestalis Walker, 1858
  • Hadennia jutalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Hadennia mysalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Hipoepa biasalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Hipoepa fractalis (Guenée, 1854)
  • Hydrillodes abavalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Hydrillodes gravatalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Hydrillodes lentalis Guenee, 1854
  • Hydrillodes morosa (Butler, 1879)
  • Latiphea berresoides (Hampson, 1893)
  • Lysimelia lysimeloides (Hampson, 1893)
  • Mixomelia relata (Hampson, 1891)
  • Naarda glauculalis (Hampson, 1893)
  • Naarda ineffectalis Walker, 1859
  • Nodaria cingala Moore, 1885
  • Nodaria discisigna Moore, 1883
  • Progonia kurosawai Owada, 1987
  • Progonia olieusalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Simplicia bimarginata (Walker, [1863])
  • Simplicia butesalis Walker, [1859]
  • Simplicia caeneusalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Simplicia mistacalis (Guenée, 1854)
  • Zanclognatha minoralis J. B. Smith, 1895

Hypeninae - Snout moths

  • Acidon nigribasis (Hampson, 1895)
  • Anoratha paritalis (Walker, 1858 [1859])
  • Arrade erebusalis Walker, 1863
  • Artigisa catenata (Moore 1887)
  • Bertula abjudicalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Britha biguttata Walker, [1866]
  • Catada vagalis Walker, 1859
  • Dichromia orosia Cramer, 1780
  • Dichromia pullata Moore, 1885
  • Harita rectilinea Moore, 1882
  • Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854
  • Hypena assimilis Hampson, 1891
  • Hypena colombana Moore, [1885]
  • Hypena conscitalis (Walker, 1866)
  • Hypena cyanea (Hampson, 1893)
  • Hypena extensa Walker, 1866
  • Hypena griseapex Hampson, 1891
  • Hypena iconicalis Walker, 1859
  • Hypena indicatalis Walker, 1859
  • Hypena jocosalis Walker, 1859
  • Hypena labatalis Walker, 1859
  • Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859
  • Hypena lignealis Walker, 1866
  • Hypena mandatalis Walker, 1859
  • Hypena molpusalis Walker, 1859
  • Hypena obacerralis Walker, 1859
  • Hypena obfuscalis Hampson, 1893
  • Hypena occata Hampson, 1882
  • Hypena quaesitalis Walker, [1859]
  • Hypena thermesialis Walker, 1865
  • Hypena varialis Walker, 1866
  • Hypena vestita Moore, 1885
  • Hypertrocta posticalis Walker, [1866]
  • Rivula albistriga (Hampson, 1893)
  • Rivula basalis Hampson, 1891
  • Rivula biatomea Moore, 1883
  • Rivula biocularis Moore, 1877
  • Rivula curvifera (Walker, 1862)
  • Rivula pallida Moore, 1882
  • Sarobela litterata (Pagenstecher, 1888)
  • Stenhypena adustalis (Hampson, 1893)

Hypenodinae

  • Anachrostis nigripuncta Hampson, 1893
  • Luceria novatusalis Walker, 1859
  • Schrankia croceipicta (Hampson, 1893)

Lymantriinae - Tussock Mmoths

  • Arctornis cygna (Moore, 1877)
  • Arctornis submarginata (Walker, 1855)
  • Arctornis subvitrea (Walker, 1865)
  • Arna apicalis Walker, 1865
  • Aroa major Walker, [1893]
  • Aroa maxima Walker, 1893
  • Aroa plana Walker, 1855
  • Aroa sienna Hampson, 1891
  • Aroa subnotata Walker, 1855
  • Artaxa comparata (Walker, 1865)
  • Artaxa digramma (Boisduval, 1844)
  • Artaxa guttata Walker, 1855
  • Artaxa vitellina (Kollar, 1848)
  • Bembina apicalis Walker, 1865
  • Calliteara horsfieldii (Saunders, 1851)
  • Carriola fenestrata (Hampson, [1893])
  • Casama vilis Walker, 1865
  • Cispia alba Moore, 1879
  • Cispia punctifascia Walker, 1855
  • Dasychira mendosa (Hübner, 1823)
  • Dasychira moerens Felder, 1894
  • Dasychira thwaitesi Moore, 1883
  • Euproctis bimaculata Walker, 1855
  • Euproctis cervina (Moore, 1879)
  • Euproctis flavinata Walker, 1865
  • Euproctis fraterna Moore, 1883
  • Euproctis fulvipuncta Hampson, [1893]
  • Euproctis lunata Walker, 1855
  • Euproctis latifascia Walker, 1855
  • Euproctis rhoda Swinhoe, 1891
  • Euproctis semisignata Walker, 1865
  • Euproctis similis (Fuessly, 1775)
  • Euproctis varians (Walker, 1855)
  • Laelia cardinalis Hampson, [1893]
  • Laelia exclamationis (Kollar, 1848)
  • Laelia fasciata (Moore, [1883])
  • Laelia suffusa (Walker, 1855)
  • Laelia testacea (Moore, 1879)
  • Lacida costalis Walker, 1855
  • Leucoma cryptadia Collenette, 1938
  • Lymantria ampla (Walker, 1855)
  • Lymantria detersa Walker, 1865
  • Lymantria fuliginosa Moore, 1883
  • Lymantria grandis (Walker, 1855)
  • Lymantria incerta Walker, 1855
  • Lymantria marginata Walker, 1855
  • Lymantria serva Walker, 1855
  • Lymantria subrosea Swinhoe, 1903
  • Lymantria todara Moore, 1879
  • Nygmia icilia Stoll, 1790
  • Nygmia xanthomela (Walker, 1862)
  • Orgyia postica (Walker, 1855)
  • Orgyia viridescens Walker, 1855
  • Perina nuda Fabricius 1787
  • Psalis pennatula Fabricius, 1793
  • Somena scintillans (Walker, 1856)
  • Sphrageidus xanthorrhoea Kollar, 1848

Pangraptinae

  • Episparis varialis (Walker, 1858)

Scoliopteryginae

Tinoliinae

  • Tinolius eburneigutta Walker, 1855

Ethmiidae - Ethmiid moths

Eupterotidae - Giant lappet moths

Ectropis bhurmitra

Gelechiidae - Twirler moths

Geometridae - Geometer moths

Glyphipterigidae - Sedge moths

Gracillariidae - Leaf-Blotch Miner moths

Hepialidae - Ghost moths

Hyblaeidae - Teak moths

Immidae - Imma moths

  • Imma albofascia (Felder, 1861)
  • Imma accuralis (Walker, [1859])
  • Imma chlorosphena Meyrick, 1906
  • Imma ergasia (Meyrick, 1905)
  • Imma grammarcha (Meyrick, 1905)
  • Imma hyphantis Meyrick, 1906
  • Imma lithosioides (Moore, 1887)
  • Imma mackwoodi (Moore, 1887)
  • Imma mylias Meyrick, 1906
  • Imma psoricopa Meyrick, 1906
  • Imma rugosalis Walker, [1859]
  • Imma semicitra Meyrick, 1937
  • Moca velutina Walker, 1863

Lacturidae - Tropical Burnet moths

  • Anticrates chrysantha Mehrick, 1905
  • Pyrozela xanthomima Meyrick, 1906

Lasiocampidae - Tent and Lappet moths

  • Chilena strigula Walker, 1865
  • Estigena pardale (Walker, 1855)
  • Euthrix laeta (Walker, 1855)
  • Gastropacha pardale (Walker, 1855)
  • Kunugia latipennis (Walker, 1855)
  • Lenodora vittata (Walker, 1855)
  • Metanastria hyrtaca (Cramer, 1779)
  • Odonestis ceylonica Tams, 1935
  • Odonestis bheroba Moore, 1859
  • Odonestis divisa Moore, 1879
  • Odonestis vita Moore, 1859
  • Orienthrix sulphurea (Moore, 1879)
  • Streblote dorsalis (Walker, 1866)
  • Streblote igniflua (Moore, 1883)
  • Suana concolor (Walker, 1855)
  • Trabala vishnou (Lefèbvre, 1827)

Lecithoceridae - Long-horned moths

Limacodidae - Slug Caterpillar moths

  • Altha adala (Moore, 1859)
  • Altha nivea Walker, 1862
  • Altha subnotata Walker, 1865
  • Aphendala recta (Hampson, 1893)
  • Aphendala unicolor (Moore, 1859)
  • Belippa laleana Moore, 1877
  • Birthama obliquifascia Hamspon 1893
  • Macroplectra ceylonica (Hampson, 1906)
  • Macroplectra nararia Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Miresa albipuncta Walker
  • Miresa argentifera Walker
  • Miresa sibinoides Hering, 1931
  • Narosa conspersa Walker, 1855
  • Narosa fletcheri West, 1937
  • Natada sericea (Hampson, 1893)
  • Oxyplax ochracea (Moore, 1883)
  • Parasa bicolor Walker, 1855
  • Parasa hampsoni Dyar, 1894
  • Parasa hilaris Westwood, 1848
  • Parasa lepida (Cramer, 1799)
  • Parasa similis Felder, 1874
  • Scopelodes venosa Walker, 1855
  • Spatulifimbria castaneiceps Hampson, 1892
  • Thosea aperiens Walker, 1865
  • Thosea cana Walker, 1855
  • Thosea cervina Moore, 1877

Lyonetiidae - Lyonet moths

Momphidae - Mompha moths

Nepticulidae - Nepticulid moths

Noctuidae - Owlet moths

Acontiinae - Bird Dropping moths

  • Acontia crocata (Guenée, 1852)
  • Acontia marmoralis (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
  • Acontia sexpunctata Fabricius, 1794
  • Arasada pyraliformis Moore, 1885
  • Arenarba destituta (Moore, 1884)
  • Aroana cingalensis Walker, [1866]
  • Carmara subcervina Walker, [1863]
  • Cerynea contentaria (Walker, 1861)
  • Cerynea ustula (Hampson, 1898)
  • Cingalesa strigicosta Hampson, 1893
  • Coccidiphaga scitula Rambur, 1833
  • Cophanta funestalis Walker, 1864
  • Corgatha ruficepts (Walker, 1864)
  • Corgatha trichogyia Hampson, 1907
  • Deltote flavifrons Moore, [1887]
  • Enispa elataria (Walker, 1861)
  • Erastroides oliviaria Hampson, 1893
  • Holocryptis erubescens (Hampson, 1893)
  • Hyposada postvittata (Moore, 1887)
  • Lophoruza lunifera (Moore; 1885)
  • Maliattha lativitta Moore, 1881
  • Maliattha renalis Moore, 1882
  • Maliattha signifera (Walker, [1858])
  • Niaccaba sumptualis Walker, 1865
  • Pseudozarba mianoides Hampson, 1893
  • Sugia stygia (Butler, 1878)
  • Zurobata vacillans (Walker, 1864)

Acronictinae

  • Acronicta pruinosa (Guenée, 1852)
  • Ancara obliterans Walker, 1858
  • Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862)
  • Athetis renalis (Moore, [1884])
  • Craniophora fasciata Moore, [1884]
  • Simyra confusa Walker, 1856

Agaristinae

  • Aegocera bimacula Walker, 1854
  • Aegocera venulia (Cramer, [1777])
  • Episteme nigripennis Butler, 1875
  • Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893

Amphipyrinae

  • Aucha velans Walker, [1858]
  • Callyna costiplaga Moore, 1885
  • Callyna jugaria Walker, 1858
  • Callyna monoleuca Walker, 1858
  • Iambia thwaitesii (Moore, 1885)

Bryophilinae

  • Cryphia postochrea (Hampson, 1893)

Catocalinae

Condicinae

Eustrotiinae

Euteliinae

Artaxa sp.
  • Anigraea cinctipalpis (Walker, 1865)
  • Anuga constricta Guenée,1852
  • Anuga multiplicans (Walker, 1858)
  • Chlumetia transversa (Walker,1863)
  • Eutelia approximata Walker, [1863] 1864
  • Eutelia favillatrioides Poole, 1989 (repl.)
  • Eutelia favillatrix (Guenée, 1852)
  • Eutelia geyeri (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Penicillaria jocosatrix Guenée, 1852
  • Penicillaria lineatrix Walker, 1858
  • Penicillaria nugatrix Guenée, 1852
  • Targalla bifacies (Walker, 1858)
  • Targalla ludatrix (Walker, 1858)
  • Targalla repleta (Walker, 1865)

Hadeninae - Hants moths

Noctuinae

Pantheinae

Plusiinae - Looper moths

Stictopterinae

Tinoliinae

  • Poeta quadrinotata Walker, 1865

Toxocampinae

  • Lygephila dorsigera Walker, 1865

Xyleninae

Nolidae - Nolid moths

  • Aiteta apriformis Walker, 1857
  • Aiteta truncata Walker, 1858
  • Aquis orbicularis (Walker, 1858)
  • Aquita acontioides (Walker, 1862)
  • Barasa acronyctoides Walker, 1862
  • Beara dichromella Walker, 1866
  • Beana terminigera (Walker, 1858)
  • Blenina accipiens Walker, [1858]
  • Blenina chlorophila Hampson, 1905
  • Blenina donans Walker, 1857
  • Carea angulata (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Carea chlorostigma Hampson, 1893
  • CareCarea obsolescens Moore, 1884
  • Carea varipes Walker, 1856 [1857]
  • Cacyparis insolitata Walker 1862
  • Churia maculata Moore, 1881
  • Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
  • Earias fabia Stoll 1781
  • Earias flavida Felder, [1861]
  • Earias luteolaria Hampson, 1891
  • Eligma narcissus (Cramer, 1775)
  • Giaura tortricoides Walker, 1865
  • Labanda chloromela Walker, 1858
  • Labanda fasciata Walker, 1865
  • Labanda herbealis Walker, 1859
  • Labanda saturalis Walker, 1865
  • Labanda semipars (Walker, 1858)
  • Lasiolopha saturata (Walker, 1865)
  • Lophothripa vitea Swinhoe, 1885
  • Maceda mansueta Walker, 1858
  • Manoba major Hampson, 1891
  • Maurilia iconica Walker, 1857 [1858]
  • Meganola brunellus (Hampson, 1893)
  • Nanaguna basalis Moore, 1885
  • Nanaguna breviuscula Walker, 1863
  • Negeta contrariata Walker, 1862
  • Nola analis (Wileman & West,1928)
  • Nola angulata (Moore, 1888)
  • Nola ceylonica Hampson, 1893
  • Nola cingalesa Moore, 1882
  • Nola dentilinea (Hampson, 1909)
  • Nola fasciata (Walker, 1866)
  • Nola fuscibasalis (Bethune-Baker,1904)
  • Nola grisalis Hampson, 1893
  • Nola leucoscopula (Hampson, 1907)
  • Nola lucidalis Walker, 1864
  • Nola mesotherma Hampson, 1909
  • Nola pascua (Swinhoe, 1885)
  • Nola rufa (Hampson, 1900)
  • Nola rufimixta (Hampson, 1909)
  • Nola streptographia (Hampson, 1900)
  • Nola squalida Staudinger,1871
  • Nola tumulifera Hampson, 1893
  • Nycteola indica (Felder, 1874)
  • Nycteola indicatana (Walker, 1863)
  • Nycteola poliophaea (Hampson, 1907)
  • Paracrama dulcissima (Walker, 1864)
  • Plotheia decrescens (Walker, [1858])
  • Pterogonia aurigutta (Walker, 1858)
  • Pterogonia nubes (Hampson, 1893)
  • Ptisciana seminivea Walker, 1865
  • Risoba repugnans (Walker, 1856)
  • Risoba obstructa Moore, 1881
  • Risoba prominens Moore, 1881
  • Selepa celtis Moore, [1860]
  • Selepa discigera (Walker, [1863])
  • Selepa plumbeata Hampson, 1912
  • Xanthodes intersepta Guenée, 1852
  • Xanthodes transversa Guenée, 1852
  • Westermannia superba Hübner, 1823
Ophthalmitis herbidaria

Notodontidae - Prominent moths

Oecophoridae - Concealer moths

Stathmopodinae

  • Hieromantis fibulata Meyrick, 1906
  • Hieromantis ioxysta Meyrick, 1913
  • Oedematopoda cypris Meyrick, 1905
  • Pachyrhabda bacterias Meyrick, 1913
  • Pachyrhabda dicastis (Meyrick, 1905)
  • Pachyrhabda tumida Meyrick, 1913
  • Stathmopoda amphoritis Meyrick, 1913
  • Stathmopoda anconias Meyrick, 1910
  • Stathmopoda antidelta Meyrick, 1907
  • Stathmopoda aprica Meyrick, 1913
  • Stathmopoda aristata Meyrick, 1913
  • Stathmopoda auriferella (Walker, 1864)
  • Stathmopoda butyracma Meyrick, 1913
  • Stathmopoda cissota Meyrick, 1913
  • Stathmopoda diplaspis (Meyrick, 1887)
  • Stathmopoda hexatyla Meyrick, 1907
  • Stathmopoda iners Meyrick, 1913
  • Stathmopoda isoleuca Meyrick, 1913
  • Stathmopoda masinissa Meyrick, 1906
  • Stathmopoda neomeris Meyrick, 1913
  • Stathmopoda ochrodelta Meyrick, 1913
  • Stathmopoda ovigera Meyrick, 1913
  • Stathmopoda porphyrantha Meyrick, 1913
  • Stathmopoda spilozona Meyrick, 1913
  • Stathmopoda stimulata Meyrick, 1913
  • Stathmopoda triloba Meyrick, 1913
  • Thylacosceles cerata Meyrick, 1913
  • Thylacosceles judex Meyrick, 1913

Plutellidae - Diamondback moths

  • Plutella sera Meyrick, 1886

Pterophoridae - Plume moths

Psychidae - Bagworm moths

  • Acanthopsyche cana Hamspon, 1892
  • Acanthopsyche subteralbata Hamspon, 1893
  • Aprata mackwoodii Moore, 1883
  • Bambalina consorta (Templeton, 1847)
  • Chalia doubledayi (Westwood, 1854)
  • Chalioides vitrea Hampson
  • Eumeta crameri (Westwood), 1854
  • Eumeta variegata (Snellen, 1879)
  • Eurycyttarus rotunda Hampson
  • Heyla nudilineata Hampson
  • Heylaertsia fusca (Hampson, 1893)
  • Heylaertsia griseata (Hampson, 1893)
  • Manatha albipes Moore, 1877
  • Metisa plana Walker, 1883
  • Pteroma plagiophleps Hampson, 1892
  • Pteroxys goniatus Hampson, 1893
  • Pteroxys uniformis Hampson, 1893
  • Psomocolax rhabdophora (Hampson, 1892)
  • Sesia flavicaudata Moore
  • Sesia flavipes Hampson

Pyralidae - Pyralid moths

Epipaschiinae

Gallerinae

Phycitinae

Pyralinae

Saturniidae - Giant Silkworm and Royal moths

Sesiidae - Clearwing moths

  • Oligophlebia nigralba Hampson, 1893
  • Melittia chalciformis (Fabricius, 1793)

Sphingidae - Sphinx moths

Thyrididae - Picture-winged leaf moths

  • Addaea trimeronalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Aglaopus glareola Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Banisia lobata (Moore, 1882)
  • Banisia myrsusalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Calindoea argentalis (Walker, 1866)
  • Dixoa albatalis (Swinhoe, 1889)
  • Dysodia ignita (Walker, 1858)
  • Dysodia viridatrix (Walker, 1858)
  • Hypolamprus angulalis (Moore, 1888)
  • Hypolamprus bastialis (Walker, 1859)
  • Hypolamprus lepaota Hampson, 1910
  • Hypolamprus striatalis (Swinhoe, 1885)
  • Hypolampus subrosealis (Leech, 1898)
  • Mathoris loceusalis (Walker 1859)
  • Obelura dohertyi (Warren, 1897)
  • Pharambara micacealis Walker, [1865]
  • Pharambara splendida Butler, 1887
  • Rhodoneura discopis Hampson, 1910
  • Rhodoneura disparalis Hammpson, 1910
  • Rhodoneura nitens (Butler, 1887)
  • Striglina scitaria (Walker, 1862)

Tineidae - Fungus moths

  • Amphixystis artiphanes (Meyrick, 1915)
  • Amphixystis cincinnata (Meyrick, 1915)
  • Amphixystis commatias (Meyrick, 1915)
  • Amphixystis copidora (Meyrick, 1915)
  • Amphixystis heteroclina (Meyrick, 1915)
  • Amphixystis ligyropa (Meyrick, 1915)
  • Amphixystis tachygrapha (Meyrick, 1915)
  • Cimitra seclusella Walker, 1864
  • Edosa opsigona (Meyrick, 1911)
  • Erechthias dissimulans
  • Erechthias lampadacma
  • Erechthias minuscula (Walsingham, 1897)
  • Erechthias pachygramma
  • Erechthias simulans (Butler, 1882)
  • Erechthias transfumata (Meyrick, 1915)
  • Erechthias zebrina (Butler, 1881)
  • Harmaclona tephrantha (Meyrick, 1916)
  • Ippa inceptrix (Meyrick, 1916)
  • Ippa polyscia (Meyrick, 1917)
  • Ippa recitatella (Walker, 1864)
  • Ippa taxiarcha (Meyrick, 1916)
  • Monopis monachella (Hübner, 1796)
  • Opogona amphicausta Meyrick, 1907
  • Opogona chalinota Meyrick, 1910
  • Opogona doxophanes Meyrick, 1915
  • Opogona flavofasciata (Stainton, 1859)
  • Opogona fumiceps Felder, 1875
  • Opogona isotalanta Meyrick, 1930
  • Opogona lamprophanes Meyrick, 1915
  • Opogona orchestris Meyrick, 1911
  • Opogona percnodes Meyrick, 1910
  • Opogona sacchari (Boyer, 1859)
  • Opogona stathmota Meyrick, 1911
  • Opogona tergemina Meyrick, 1915
  • Opogona trigonomis Meyrick, 1907
  • Peristactis taraxias Meyrick, 1916
  • Phaeoses chalinota (Meyrick, 1910)
  • Phereoeca allutella Rebel, 1892
  • Tineovertex melliflua (Meyrick, 1911)
  • Tinissa torvella Walker, 1864
  • Trichophaga mormopis Meyrick, 1935
  • Trichophaga tapetzella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Wegneria lachanitis (Meyrick,1906)

Tortricidae - Leaf-roller moths

Uraniidae - Swallowtail moths

  • Acropteris ciniferaria (Walker, 1866)
  • Decetia subobscurata Walker, 1862
  • Dysaethria conflictaria (Walker, 1861) - also as Epiplema conflictaria
  • Dysaethria fulvihamata (Hampson, 19i2)
  • Dysaethria obscuraria (Moore, 1887)
  • Dysaethria quadricaudata (Walker,1861)
  • Dysaethria rhagavata (Walker, 1861)
  • Dysaethria scopocera (Hampson, 1896)
  • Epiplema albida Hampson
  • Epiplema irrorata Moore, 1887
  • Epiplema latifasciata Moore,1887
  • Epiplema quadristrigata (Walker, 1866)
  • Epiplema tenebrosa Hampson
  • Europlema conchiferata (Moore, 1887)
  • Europlema desistaria (Walker, 1861)
  • Gathynia ferrugata Walker, 1866
  • Gathynia miraria Walker, [1863]
  • Metorthocheilus emarginata Hampson, 1891
  • Micronia aculeata Guenée,[1858]
  • Monobolodes prunaria (Moore, 1887)
  • Monobolodes parvinigrata Holloway,1998
  • Oroplema simplex (Warren, 1899)
  • Phazaca conifera (Moore, 1887)
  • Phazaca crepuscularis (Hampson, 1893)
  • Phazaca erosioides Walker, 1863
  • Phazaca leucocera (Hampson, 1891)
  • Phazaca theclata (Guenée, 1857)
  • Pseudomicronia caelata Moore, 1887
  • Pseudomicronia fraterna Moore
  • Strophidia caudata (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée,[1858])

Urodidae - False burnet moths

  • Geoesthia ceylonica Jae-Cheon Sohn, 2014

Xyloryctidae - Giant micromoths

Yponomeutidae - Ermine moths

Zygaenidae - Burnet and forester moths

  • Callizygaena albipuncta (Hampson, 1900)
  • Callizygaena auratus (Cramer, [1779])
  • Callizygaena nivimacula Felder & Felder, 1874
  • Cerodendra quadripunctata (Hampson, 1892)
  • Chalcosia pretiosa Walker, 1854
  • Chalcosia venosa Walker, 1854
  • Cyclosia midama (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
  • Cyclosia panthona (Stoll, 1780)
  • Dendrocera quadripunctata Hampson, 1892
  • Eterusia aedea (Linnaeus, 1763)
  • Heteropan scintillans Walker, 1854
  • Procotes diminuta (Walker, 1854)
  • Thyrassia subcordata (Walker, 1854)
  • Thyrassia virescens (Hampson, 1892)
  • Trypanophora taprobanes Walker, 1854

See also

References

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