Moths 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.

Within Sri Lanka, th
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.

The family-wise number of moth species are:

Checklist of species

Alucitidae

*'' Alucita ischalea''
*'' Alucita mesolychna''
*''Alucita microscopica''
*'' Alucita montigena''
*''Alucita niphostrota''
*'' Alucita postfasciata''
*''Alucita sycophanta''
*''Alucita thapsina''
*'' Alucita toxophila''
*'' Alucita trachyptera''
*'' Triscaedecia dactyloptera''

Fig.07-Alucita ischalea.JPG, ''Alucita ischalea''
Fig.13-Alucita mesolychna.JPG, ''Alucita mesolychna''
Fig.06-Alucita niphostrota.JPG, ''Alucita niphostrota''
Fig.03-Alucita sycophanta.JPG, ''Alucita sycophanta''
Fig.11-Alucita thapsina.JPG, ''Alucita thapsina''
Fig.12-Alucita toxophila.JPG, ''Alucita toxophila''
Fig.01-Alucita trachyptera.JPG, ''Alucita trachyptera''
Triscaedecia dactyloptera Hampson, 1905 adult.jpg, ''Triscaedecia dactyloptera''

Autostichidae

*'' Encrasima elaeopis''
*'' Encrasima reversa''
*'' Encrasima xanthoclista''
*'' Nephantis serinopa''
*'' Oegoconia praeramis''
*'' Stereosticha pilulata''

Batrachedridae

*''Batrachedra arenosella''
*'' Batrachedra aphypnota''
*'' Batrachedra macroloncha''
*'' Batrachedra scapulata''
*''Batrachedra substrata''
*''Batrachedra verax''

LEPI Batrachedridae Batrachedra arenosella.png, ''Batrachedra arenosella''

Bombycidae

*''Gunda ochracea''
*''Gunda thwaitesii''
*'' Trilocha varians''

Silk Moth (Gunda ochracea) female (15858544691).jpg, ''Gunda ochracea'' female
Trilocha varians (26261810553).jpg, ''Trilocha varians''

Brachodidae - little bear moths

*'' Nigilgia adjectella''
*'' Nigilgia anactis''
*'' Phycodes chionardis''
*''Phycodes minor''
*''Phycodes radiata''
*''Phycodes taonopa''

Phycodes minor 00289.jpg, ''Phycodes minor''

Callidulidae - day-flying moths

*''Tetragonus catamitus''

Tetragonus catamitus India.jpg, ''Tetragonus catamitus''

Carposinidae

*'' Paramorpha aulata''
*'' Nosphidia paradoxa''
*'' Metacosmesis aelinopa''
*'' Metacosmesis laxeuta''

Choreutidae - metalmark moths

*'' Brenthia buthusalis''
*''Brenthia catenata''
*'' Brenthia cyanaula''
*'' Brenthia entoma''
*'' Brenthia thoracosema''
*'' Choreutis achyrodes''
*'' Choreutis euclista''
*'' Choreutis ialeura''
*'' Choreutis orthogona''
*'' Choreutis ophiosema''
*'' Choreutis psilachyra''
*'' Choreutis sexfasciella''
*'' Choreutis taprobanes''
*'' Prochoreutis sehestediana''
*'' Saptha smaragditis''

Brenthia1.jpg, ''Brenthia catenata''
Choreutis sexfasciella (5028649096).jpg, ''Choreutis sexfasciella''
Choreutidae - Prochoreutis sehestediana..JPG, ''Prochoreutis sehestediana''
Pl.1-02-Saptha smaragditis Meyrick, 1905 (Tortyra).jpg, ''Saptha smaragditis''

Coleophoridae

*'' Coleophora crypsiphanes''

Copromorphidae

* '' Copromorpha pleurophanes''

Cosmopterigidae - cosmet moths

*''Allotalanta globulosa''
*'' Anatrachyntis amphisaris''
*'' Anatrachyntis centrophanes''
*'' Anatrachyntis falcatella''
*'' Anatrachyntis mythologica''
*'' Archisopha foliosa''
*'' Ascalenia thoracista''
*''Cosmopterix aculeata''
*'' Cosmopterix artifica''
*''Cosmopterix basilisca''
*'' Cosmopterix catharacma''
*'' Cosmopterix hamifera''
*'' Cosmopterix panopla''
*'' Cosmopterix spiculata''
*'' Cyphothyris ophryodes''
*'' Homosaces anthocoma''
*'' Isorrhoa triloxias''
*'' Labdia arachnitis''
*'' Labdia faceta''
*'' Labdia oxychlora''
*'' Labdia semicoccinea''
*'' Limnaecia chromaturga''
*'' Limnaecia magica''
*'' Limnaecia scaeosema''
*'' Meleonoma heterota''
*'' Meleonoma petrota''
*'' Meleonoma stomota''
*'' Pyroderces anthinopa''
*'' Syntomaula tephrota''
*'' Trissodoris honorariella''

Pl.1-03-Isorrhoa triloxias Meyrick, 1907.jpg, ''Isorrhoa triloxias''
Labdia semicoccinea.jpg, ''Labdia semicoccinea''

Cossidae - carpenter millers

*''Azygophleps scalaris''
*'' Duomitus ceramicus''
*''Indarbela quadrinotata''
*'' Isocossus vandeldeni''
*'' Neurozerra roricyanea''
*'' Orientozeuzera postexcisa''
*''Phragmataecia castaneae''
*'' Phragmataecia impura''
*'' Phragmataecia parvipuncta''
*'' Polyphagozerra coffeae''
*'' Rugigegat nigra''
*'' Xyleutes persona''
*''Zeuzera pyrina''

Xyleutes ceramica.jpg, ''Duomitus ceramicus''
Phragmataecia castaneae FvL.jpg, ''Phragmataecia castaneae''
Zeuzera coffeae (Cossidae) (5716810213).jpg, ''Polyphagozerra coffeae''
Xyleutes persona (7171689886).jpg, ''Xyleutes persona''
Zeuzera pyrina, gestippelde houtvlinder.jpg, ''Zeuzera pyrina''

Crambidae

*'' Hemiscopis suffusalis''
*'' Hydrorybina polusalis''

Acentropinae

*'' Agassiziella alicialis''
*'' Agassiziella angulipennis''
*'' Agassiziella dianale''
*'' Agassiziella fuscifusalis''
*'' Agassiziella niveinotatum''
*'' Agassiziella picalis''
*'' Ambia iambealis''
*'' Ambia tenebrosalis''
*''Ambia xantholeuca''
*'' Cataclysta angulata''
*'' Dodanga cristata''
*'' Elophila melagynalis''
*'' Elophila responsalis''
*'' Eoophyla sejunctalis''
*'' Eristena ornata''
*'' Eristena postalbalis''
*''Eristena araealis''
*'' Eristena pulchellale''
*'' Eristena melanotalis''
*''Eristena fumibasale''
*'' Nymphicula blandialis''
*'' Nymphicula nigritalis''
*'' Nymphula grisealis''
*'' Opisthedeicta poritialis''
*'' Paracataclysta fuscalis''
*'' Parapoynx crisonalis''
*'' Parapoynx fluctuosalis''
*'' Parapoynx votalis''
*'' Parapoynx stagnalis'' = ''Nymphula depunctalis''
*'' Symphonia multipictalis''

15-Oligostigma alicialis Hampson, 1908.JPG, ''Agassiziella alicialis''
A42-20170629-056 (35799842640).jpg, ''Cataclysta angulata''
Elophila responsalis (23419843430).jpg, ''Elophila responsalis''
Moth Genus Nymphicula Ezhimala DSCN2287.jpg, ''Nymphicula blandialis''
A54-20160531-028 (28570318983).jpg, ''Parapoynx crisonalis''
Crambid Moth (Parapoynx fluctuosalis? Acentropinae) (8247582696).jpg, ''Parapoynx fluctuosalis''
Parapoynx stagnalis (Zeller, 1852) (16813723151).jpg, ''Parapoynx stagnalis''

Crambinae

*'' Ancylolomia argentata''
*'' Ancylolomia bitubirosella''
*'' Ancylolomia cervicella''
*''Ancylolomia chrysographellus''
*'' Ancylolomia indica''
*'' Ancylolomia locupletellus''
*'' Ancylolomia shefferialis''
*'' Ancylolomia simplella''
*'' Ancylolomia taprobanensis''
*'' Ancylolomia westwoodi''
*'' Angustalius malacelloides''
*''Argyria plumbolinealis''
*'' Arthroschista hilaralis''
*'' Calamotropha anticella''
*'' Calamotropha argenticilia''
*'' Calamotropha atkinsoni''
*'' Calamotropha caesella''
*'' Calamotropha delatalis''
*''Calamotropha endopolia''
*'' Calamotropha indica''
*'' Calamotropha melanosticta''
*'' Calamotropha melli''
*'' Calamotropha neurigrammalis''
*''Calamotropha oculalis''
*'' Calamotropha pseudodielota''
*'' Calamotropha punctivenellus''
*'' Calamotropha schwarzi''
*''Charltona desistalis