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List of moths of Réunion

There are about 660 known moth species of Réunion. The 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 Réunion, an island in the Indian Ocean.

• Autosticha pelodes (Meyrick, 1883)

• Batrachedra arenosella (Walker, 1864)
• Idioglossa bigemma Walsingham, 1881)

• Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller, 1847)

• Lanteantenna inana (Butler, 1881)

• Peragrarchis martirea Bippus, 2016
• Peritrichocera barboniella Guillermet, 2012
• Peritrichocera bougreauella Guillermet, 2012
• Peritrichocera bipectinata Diakonoff, 1961
• Peritrichocera tsilaosa Diakonoff, 1961
• Scopalostoma melanoparea Diakonoff, 1957
• Scopalostoma nigromaculella Guillermet, 2004

• Anthophila emplecta (Turner, 1942)
• Brenthia leptocosma Meyrick, 1916
• Choreutis aegyptiaca (Zeller, 1867)
• Tebenna cornua Bippus, 2020
• Tebenna micalis (Mann, 1857)

• Copromorpha mesobactris Meyrick, 1930

• Calicotis attiei (Guillermet, 2011)
• Cosmopterix attenuatella Walker, 1864
• Anatrachyntis simplex (Walsingham, 1891)
• Eteobalea vinsoni (Viette, 1953)
• Macrobathra cineralella Viette, 1957

• Elophila acornutus Agassiz, 2012
• Elophila difflualis (Snellen, 1880)
• Elophila melagynalis Agassiz, 1978
• Eoophyla guillermetorum (Viette, 1988)
• Eoophyla reunionalis (Viette, 1988)
• Parapoynx diminutalis (Snellen, 1880)
• Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Parapoynx ingridae Guillermet, 2004

• Angustalius hapaliscus (Zeller, 1852)
• Chilo sacchariphagus (Bojer, 1856)
• Conocramboides seychellellus (T. B. Fletcher, 1910)
• Culladia achroellum (Mabille, 1900)
• Microcrambon paphiellus (Guenée, 1862)

• Trichophysetis preciosalis (Guillermet, 1996)

• Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius, 1794)

• Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781)
• Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832)

• Ambia gueneealis Viette, 1957
• Cilaus longinasus de Joannis, 1932
• Neurophyseta upupalis Guenée, 1862

• Noorda blitealis Walker, 1859

• Autocharis marginata Guillermet, 1996

• Achyra coelatalis (Walker, 1859)
• Euclasta whalleyi Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973
• Hyalobathra filalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Ischnurges lancinalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Pagyda pulvereiumbralis (Hampson, 1918)
• Pyrausta phoenicealis (Hübner, 1818)
• Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)
• Uresiphita polygonalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

• Scoparia benigna Meyrick, 1910
• Scoparia resinodes de Joannis, 1932

• Agathodes musivalis Guenée, 1854
• Bocchoris borbonensis Guillermet, 1996
• Bocchoris gueyraudi (Guillermet, 2004)
• Bocchoris inspersalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Botyodes asialis Guenée, 1854
• Bradina admixtalis (Walker, 1859)
• Cadarena pudoraria (Fabricius, 1781)
• Cirrhochrista etiennei (Viette, 1975)
• Cnaphalocrocis grucheti (Viette, 1975)
• Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Cnaphalocrocis trebiusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Condylorrhiza zyphalis (Viette, 1958)
• Diaphana indica (Saunders, 1851)
• Diasemia monostigma Hampson, 1913
• Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834)
• Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847
• Eurrhyparodes bracteolalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis (Zeller, 1852)
• Filodes costivitralis Guenée, 1862
• Ghesquierellana hirtusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Glyphodes cadeti Guillermet, 1996
• Glyphodes mascarenalis de Joannis, 1906
• Glyphodes shafferorum Viette, 1987
• Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Herpetogramma admensalis (Walker, 1859)
• Herpetogramma basalis (Walker, 1866)
• Herpetogramma brunnealis (Hampson, 1913)
• Herpetogramma couteyeni Guillermet, 2008
• Herpetogramma debressyi Guillermet, 2008
• Herpetogramma dorcalis (Guenée, 1862)
• Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
• Herpetogramma minoralis (Warren, 1892)
• Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854)
• Herpetogramma stultalis (Walker, 1859)
• Herpetogramma vacheri Guillermet, 2008
• Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794)
• Hymenia perspectalis (Hübner, 1796)
• Maruca vitrata (Fabricius, 1787)
• Mabra eryxalis (Walker, 1859)
• Nausinoe geometralis (Guenée, 1854)
• Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Notarcha quaternalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Omiodes dnopheralis (Mabille, 1900)
• Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Orphanostigma abruptalis (Walker, 1859)
• Palpita vitrealis (Hübner, 1796)
• Pardomima viettealis Martin, 1956
• Piletocera reunionalis Viette, 1957
• Piletocera viperalis (Guenée, 1862)
• Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798)
• Pleuroptya violacealis Guillermet, 1996
• Poliobotys ablactalis (Walker, 1859)
• Prophantis smaragdina (Butler, 1875)
• Pyrausta childrenalis Boisduval, 1862
• Pyrausta pastrinalis Guenée, 1862
• Psara ferruginalis (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Salbia haemorrhoidalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Sameodes cancellalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Sceliodes laisalis (Walker, 1859)
• Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Stemorrhages sericea (Drury, 1773)
• Syllepte albopunctum Guillermet, 1996
• Syllepte argillosa Guillermet, 1996
• Syllepte christophalis Viette, 1988
• Syllepte ovialis (Walker, 1859)
• Synclera traducalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Terastia subjectalis Lederer, 1863
• Thliptoceras longicornalis (Mabille, 1900)
• Zebronia phenice (Cramer, 1780)

• Chrysoclista hygrophilella Viette, 1957
• Ethmia nigroapicella (Saalmüller, 1880)

• Chrysocentris costella Viette, 1957
• Chrysocentris ditiorana (Walker, 1863)

• Hyblaea apricans (Boisduval, 1833)

• Imma infima Meyrick, 1930

• Euproctis annulipes (Boisduval, 1833)

• Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Méneville, 1842)
• Leucoptera meyricki Ghesquière, 1940
• Lyonetia hygrophilella Viette

• Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Prays armynoti Bippus, 2020
• Prays citri (Millière, 1873)
• Prays sublevatella Viette, 1957

• Ochyrotica rufa Arenberger, 1987

• Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)
• Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton, 1866)
• Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lamoria clathrella (Ragonot, 1888)

• Epilepia melapastalis (Hampson, 1906)

• Parachma lequettealis (Guillermet, 2011)

• Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Hypotia saramitoi (Guillermet, 1996)
• Ocrasa nostralis (Guenée, 1854)
• Pyralis manihotalis Guenée, 1854
• Pyralis pictalis (Curtis, 1834)

• Apomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller, 1839)
• Balinskyia monstrosa (Balinsky, 1994)
• Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg, 1885)
• Cadra cautella (Walker, 1863)
• Ceutholopha isidis (Zeller, 1867
• Candiopella reunionalis Guillermet, 2007
• Cryptoblabes bistriga (Haworth, 1811)
• Cryptoblabes gnidiella (Millière, 1867)
• Ephestia callidella Guenée, 1845
• Epischnia beharella (Viette, 1964)
• Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832)
• Flabellobasis capensis (Hampson, 1901)
• Maliarpha separatella vectiferella (Ragonot, 1901)
• Morgabinella billii Guillermet, 2007
• Morosaphycita morosalis (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Oncocera quilicii Guilletmet, 2007
• Pempelia strophocomma (de Joannis, 1932)
• Philotroctis pectinicornella (Hampson, 1896)
• Phycita demidovi Guillermet, 2007
• Phycita diaphana (Staudinger, 1870)
• Phycita irisella (Guenée, 1862) *
• Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, [1813])
• Pseudoceroprepes semipectinella (Guenée, 1862)
• Pseudophycitatella leveuleuxi Guillermet, 2007
• Selagiaforma vercambrensis Guillermet, 2007
• Spatulipalpia pectinatella de Joannis, 1915
• Thylacoptila borbonica Guillermet, 2007
• Thylacoptila paurosema Meyrick, 1888

• Stathmopoda attiei Guillermet, 2011
• Stathmopoda margabim Viette, 1995

• Banisia clathrula (Guenée, 1877)

• Dirades dadanti (Viette, 1975)
• Dirades etiennei Boudinot, 1982
• Dirades theclata (Guenée, 1858)

• Kessleria gibeauxia Bippus, 2020
• Xyrosaris canusa Bippus, 2020

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