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List Of Moths Of Mauritius
There are about 450 known moth species of Mauritius. 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 Mauritius. Arctiidae *'' Amerila vidua'' (Cramer, 1780) *'' Argina astrea'' (Drury, 1773) *'' Eilema squalida'' (Guenée, 1862) *'' Leucaloa infragyrea'' (Saalmüller, 1891) *'' Maculonaclia florida'' (de Joannis, 1906) *'' Nyctemera insulare'' (Boisduval, 1833) *''Utetheisa cruentata'' (Butler, 1881) *''Utetheisa elata'' (Fabricius, 1798) *'' Utetheisa pulchella'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Utetheisa pulchelloides'' Hampson, 1907 Batrachedridae *''Batrachedra arenosella'' (Walker, 1864) *'' Idioglossa bigemma'' Walsingham, 1881 Bedelliidae *''Bedellia somnulentella'' (Zeller, 1847) Choreutidae *'' Anthophila ialeura'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Anthophila turilega'' (Meyrick, 1924) *'' Brenthia leptocosma'' Meyrick, 1916 *'' Tebenna micalis'' (Mann, 1857) Copromorphid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batrachedra Arenosella
''Batrachedra arenosella'', the armoured scale eating caterpillar or the coconut moth, is a species of moth of the family Batrachedridae. It was first described by Francis Walker using specimens collected in Auckland, New Zealand. It has been hypothesised that the New Zealand moth may contain two distinct species. As well as the moth species in New Zealand, this name has been applied, perhaps incorrectly, to moths found in India, Indonesia, the Malay Peninsula, and Réunion, as well as in Australia, from the Northern Territory and northern Queensland to New South Wales and South Australia. Taxonomy ''B. arenosella'' was first described by Francis Walker in 1864 using specimens collected in Auckland, New Zealand by Daniel Bolton. From 1924 this species name was also applied to moth species found in south east asian countries as well as in Australasia that are known to ingest the flowers of coconut trees. The application of this name to these moths has been argued to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eteobalea Vinsoni
''Eteobalea vinsoni'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Mauritius and Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ... in the Indian Ocean. Subspecies *''Eteobalea vinsoni vinsoni'' (Viette, 1953) - from Mauritius *''Eteobalea vinsoni abcedella'' (Viette, 1957) - from Réunion References *Viette, P. 1953c. Description de deux nouveaux microlépidoptères de l'Ile Maurice. - Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 78(2–3):138–141. *Viette, P. 1957c. Lépidoptères (excepté les Tordeuses et les Géométrides). – In: La Faune entomologique de l'Ile de la Réunion. I. - Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar (E)8:137–226; pls. 1–4. Eteobalea Moths described in 1953 {{Cosmopteriginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmopterix Dacryodes
''Cosmopterix dacryodes'' is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is widely found in Mauritius and Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean. The wingspan is about 7 mm.Meyrick, 1910, Description of Micro-Lepidoptera from Mauritius and the Chagos Isles. ''Transactions of The Royal Entomological Society of London'' 58: 366-377 References dacryodes ''Dacryodes'' is a genus of about 60 species of trees in the family Burseraceae. The generic name is from the Greek ' meaning "tear(drop)", referring to how resin droplets form on the bark surface. Description ''Dacryodes'' species grow as shrub ... Moths described in 1910 Moths of Mauritius {{Cosmopterix-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmopterix Attenuatella
''Cosmopterix attenuatella'' is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics of both the Old and New World, including the United States, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Virgin Islands, Dominica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, the Canary Islands, Madeira, the Galápagos Islands, Cook Islands, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mauritius and Saint Helena. The wingspan is about 9 mm. There are probably two generations per year in the south of the temperate zone and more overlapping generations in the tropics, because here adults can be found throughout the year. The larvae feed on Poaceae ('' Melinus minutiflora''), '' Cyperus rotundus'' and '' Scirpus'' species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a blotch that descends from close to the tip of the leaf, occupying the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatrachyntis Rileyi
''Anatrachyntis rileyi'', the pink cornworm, pink bud moth or pink scavenger, is a species of moth of the family Cosmopterigidae, the cosmet moths. It was first described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, Lord Walsingham in 1882 from the southern United States, but it is probably an introduced species, introduction to North America. It is found in much of the warm or tropical areas of the world, including northern Australia, the Galápagos Islands, Hawaii, the Antilles, South America and Mauritius. References External links * * * * Anatrachyntis Insects of Uganda Moths of Japan Moths of Africa Moths of Australia Moths described in 1882 {{Cosmopteriginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatrachyntis Incertulella
__NOTOC__ ''Anatrachyntis incertulella'', the pandanus flower moth, is a small cosmet moth species ( family Cosmopterigidae). It belongs to subfamily Cosmopteriginae. This was the first " micromoth" species to be described from Hawaiʻi. The type specimens were collected there by the 1820s Beechey expedition and described by the English entomologist Francis Walker in 1864; they are now in the British Museum of Natural History. It is found mainly in Polynesia, from the Hawaiian Islands across the Society and Marquesas Islands to the Austral Islands and Pitcairn Island. It has also been recorded on Fiji, in Queensland (and maybe elsewhere in Australia), on Okinawa and on Rodrigues; except the first locality, these seem to be fairly recent introductions or accidental finds however. The caterpillar larvae feed on ''Pandanus'' species, including '' Pandanus tectorius''. Synonyms This species has been described anew several times from localities where it was not yet known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatrachyntis Coriacella
''Anatrachyntis coriacella'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Snellen in 1901, and is known from Indonesia (Java), India, Malaysia, Mauritius, United States and Australia. The larvae feed on Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ... ('' Gossypium sp.'').Meyrick, E. 1930c. ''Microlepidoptera of Mauritius'' - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 78(2):309–323 References Moths described in 1901 Anatrachyntis Moths of Mauritius Moths of Asia Moths of North America Moths of Australia {{Cosmopteriginae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copromorpha Aeruginea
''Copromorpha aeruginea'' is a moth in the family Copromorphidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917. It is found on the Comoros and Mauritius, as well as in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri .... and has a wingspan of 17 mm.Meyrick, E. (1917)"Descriptions of South African Microlepidoptera" ''Annals of the South African Museum''. 17: 1–21. (P.9). References Copromorphidae Moths described in 1917 {{Copromorphoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tebenna Micalis
''Tebenna micalis'', also known as the small thistle moth, is a species of moth in the family Choreutidae found worldwide. It was first described by the German Bohemian entomologist, Joseph Johann Mann in 1857. Description The wingspan is about . It is similar in appearance to the Nearctic '' Tebenna gnaphaliella'' and can be found between June and August. It comes to light and can be found during the day on the flowers of the larval foodplant. The larvae feed on Asteraceae within a blotch, sometimes leaving the mine and starting another. Later instars can live freely in a web on the leaf. Larval foodplants recorded include, on common fleabane (''Pulicaria dysenterica'') in the United Kingdom. In Australia on capeweed (''Arctotheca calendula''), spear thistle (''Cirsium vulgare''), horseweed (''Erigeron canadensis''), cotton thistle (''Onopordum acanthium'') and golden everlasting (''Xerochrysum bracteatum''); and in Réunion on globe artichoke (''Cynara scolymus''). They mine t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brenthia Leptocosma
''Brenthia leptocosma'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae. It is found on Mauritius and Réunion in the Indian Ocean. This species has a wingspan of 8–9 mm, the head is bronzy-fuscous with a white line above the eyes. The thorax is bronzy-fuscous with five fine white longitudinal lines. The abdomen is dark fuscous. Forewings are elongate-triangular, costa gently arched, dark bronzy-fuscous, irregularly irrorated (speckled) with white and white dots on costa beyond. There is a series of eight small rounded-oblong spots round apex and termen, each centered with a violet-metallic dot. The hindwings are rather dark-fuscous, with a small oblique-oval whitish spot in the middle of the disc, a fine violet-blue-metallic line just before termen from apex to below middle, followed by three or four black spots. This species is similar to '' Brenthia cyanaula'' in markings, but the palpi are quite different and characteristic. Host plants of this species are Boraginaceae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthophila Turilega
''Choreutis turilega'' is a species of moth of the family Choreutidae. It is found in Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl .... References Choreutis Moths of Mauritius Endemic fauna of Mauritius Moths described in 1924 {{Choreutidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
