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There are about 660 known moth species of Réunion. The moths (mostly
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) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the
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order
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. This is a list of
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species which have been recorded in
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 ...
, an island in the Indian Ocean.


Arctiidae

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Argina amanda ''Argina amanda'', the cheetah, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1847. Description ''Argina amanda'' has a wingspan up to across. The uppersides of the forewings are orange, except ...
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Argina astrea ''Argina'' is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. They are distributed throughout Africa, Mauritius, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Andaman Islands, New Guinea and Australia. Description Palpi upturned, reaching the vertex of hea ...
'' *'' Eilema borbonica'' *'' Eilema francki'' *''
Eilema squalida ''Eilema squalida'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Achille Guenée in 1862. It is found in Mauritius and Réunion, both in the Indian Ocean. This species has a wingspan of about 40 mm. See also *List of moths of R ...
'' *'' Nyctemera insulare'' *'' Nyctemera virgo'' *''
Thumatha fuscescens ''Thumatha fuscescens'' is a moth of the Family (biology), family Erebidae first Species description, described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Australia, South-East Asia, India, Sri Lanka, the Comoros, RÃ ...
'' *'' Utetheisa diva'' *'' Utetheisa elata'' *'' Utetheisa lotrix'' *''
Utetheisa pulchella ''Utetheisa pulchella'', the crimson-speckled flunkey, crimson-speckled footman, or crimson-speckled moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Subs ...
'' *'' Utetheisa pulchelloides''


Autostichidae

*'' Autosticha pelodes''


Batrachedridae

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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 hypo ...
'' *'' Idioglossa bigemma''


Bedelliidae

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Bedellia somnulentella ''Bedellia somnulentella'', the sweet potato leaf miner, is a moth in the family Bedelliidae. Description The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The larvae feed on '' Calystegia pubescens'', ''Calystegia sepium'', ''Convolvulus althaeoides'', ''Convo ...
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Blastobasidae

*'' Lanteantenna inana''


Carposinidae

*'' Peragrarchis martirea'' *'' Peritrichocera barboniella'' *'' Peritrichocera bougreauella'' *'' Peritrichocera bipectinata'' *'' Peritrichocera tsilaosa'' *'' Scopalostoma melanoparea'' *'' Scopalostoma nigromaculella''


Choreutidae

*'' Anthophila emplecta'' *'' Brenthia leptocosma'' *'' Choreutis aegyptiaca'' *'' Tebenna cornua'' *''
Tebenna micalis ''Tebenna micalis'', also known as the small thistle moth, is a species of moth in the family Choreutidae found worldwide. It was Species description, first described by the German Bohemian entomologist, Joseph Johann Mann in 1857. Description T ...
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Copromorphidae

*'' Copromorpha mesobactris''


Cosmopterigidae

*'' Calicotis attiei'' *''
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 Isla ...
'' *'' Anatrachyntis simplex'' *''
Eteobalea vinsoni ''Eteobalea vinsoni'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indi ...
'' *'' Macrobathra cineralella''


Crambidae


Acentropinae

*'' Elophila acornutus'' *'' Elophila difflualis'' *'' Elophila melagynalis'' *'' Eoophyla guillermetorum'' *'' Eoophyla reunionalis'' *'' Parapoynx diminutalis'' *'' Parapoynx fluctuosalis'' *'' Parapoynx ingridae''


Crambinae

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Angustalius hapaliscus ''Angustalius malacellus'' is a moth of the Crambinae family. It is known from Spain, Portugal, France, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy, Greece and Crete. It has also been recorded from the Comoros, Rwanda, South Africa, Ethiopia, Madagascar, La Réunion ...
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Chilo sacchariphagus ''Chilo sacchariphagus'', the spotted borer, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Wenceslas Bojer in 1856 and was originally found in South and South-East Asia, where there are three subspecies: * ''C. sacchariphagus saccharip ...
'' *'' Conocramboides seychellellus'' *''
Culladia achroellum ''Culladia achroellum'' is a species of grass moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Africa from Sudan to South Africa and on the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~ ...
'' *'' Microcrambon paphiellus''


Cybalomiinae

*'' Trichophysetis preciosalis''


Evergestinae

*'' Crocidolomia pavonana''


Glaphyriinae

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Hellula undalis ''Hellula undalis'', the cabbage webworm or Old World webworm, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is a widespread species which is found from Europe across Asia to the Pacific. It was first described from Italy. The wingspan is about 18  ...
'' *'' Hydriris ornatalis''


Musotiminae

*'' Ambia gueneealis'' *'' Cilaus longinasus'' *'' Neurophyseta upupalis''


Noordiinae

*'' Noorda blitealis''


Odontiinae

*'' Autocharis marginata''


Pyraustinae

*'' Achyra coelatalis'' *'' Euclasta whalleyi'' *'' Hyalobathra filalis'' *''
Ischnurges lancinalis ''Stenochora'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, ''Stenochora lancinalis'', the lanced pearl, which is found in southern and south-eastern Africa and the African islands of the Indian Ocean. The range incl ...
'' *'' Pagyda pulvereiumbralis'' *'' Pyrausta phoenicealis'' *''
Udea ferrugalis ''Udea ferrugalis'', the rusty dot pearl, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1796. Distribution This species can be found in central and southern Europe, Asia Minor, Africa, India and Japan. ...
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Uresiphita polygonalis ''Uresiphita polygonalis'' is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in the Pacific, including Hawaii and New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Europe and northern and southern A ...
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Scopariinae

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Scoparia benigna ''Scoparia benigna'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Réunion, Madagascar and Mauritius. References

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'' *'' Scoparia resinodes''


Spilomelinae

*'' Agathodes musivalis'' *'' Bocchoris borbonensis'' *'' Bocchoris gueyraudi'' *''
Bocchoris inspersalis ''Bocchoris inspersalis'', the dotted sable, is a moth of the family Crambidae. It can be found in subtropical Africa South of the Sahara, many islands of the Indian Ocean, South and East Asia, from India to Japan. File:Bocchoris inspersalis on ...
'' *'' Botyodes asialis'' *'' Bradina admixtalis'' *'' Cadarena pudoraria'' *'' Cirrhochrista etiennei'' *''
Cnaphalocrocis grucheti ''Cnaphalocrocis grucheti'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Viette in 1976. It is found on La Réunion LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also re ...
'' *'' Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis'' *'' Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis'' *'' Cnaphalocrocis trebiusalis'' *'' Condylorrhiza zyphalis'' *''
Diaphana indica ''Diaphania indica'', the cucumber moth or cotton caterpillar, is a widespread but mainly Old World moth species. It belongs to the grass moth family (biology), family, and therein to the large subfamily Spilomelinae. This moth occurs in many t ...
'' *'' Diasemia monostigma'' *'' Diasemiopsis ramburialis'' *''
Duponchelia fovealis ''Duponchelia fovealis'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1847. It is endemic to the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, and the Canary Islands, but has extended its range to other parts of ...
'' *'' Eurrhyparodes bracteolalis'' *'' Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis'' *'' Filodes costivitralis'' *'' Ghesquierellana hirtusalis'' *'' Glyphodes cadeti'' *''
Glyphodes mascarenalis ''Glyphodes mascarenalis'' is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Joseph de Joannis in his book ''Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux de l'ile Maurice'' in 1906. It is found in the Indian Ocean on the islands Comoros, Réunion, and Mau ...
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Glyphodes shafferorum ''Glyphodes shafferorum'' is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Pierre Viette in 1987. It is found on the Comoros, Réunion, Madagascar and in Mauritius and South Africa. Their wingspan is about 20–30 mm. The larvae feed on ''Ficu ...
'' *'' Haritalodes derogata'' *'' Herpetogramma admensalis'' *'' Herpetogramma basalis'' *'' Herpetogramma brunnealis'' *'' Herpetogramma couteyeni'' *'' Herpetogramma debressyi'' *'' Herpetogramma dorcalis'' *'' Herpetogramma licarsisalis'' *'' Herpetogramma minoralis'' *'' Herpetogramma phaeopteralis'' *'' Herpetogramma stultalis'' *'' Herpetogramma vacheri'' *'' Hodebertia testalis'' *''
Hymenia perspectalis ''Hymenia perspectalis'', the spotted beet webworm moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in various parts of the world, including North America, where it is found from Maine to Florida, west to Texas and north to Michigan ...
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Maruca vitrata ''Maruca vitrata'' is a pantropical insect pest of leguminous crops like pigeon pea, cowpea, mung bean and soybean. Its common names include the maruca pod borer, bean pod borer, soybean pod borer, mung moth, and the legume pod borer. The speci ...
'' *'' Mabra eryxalis'' *''
Nausinoe geometralis ''Nausinoe geometralis'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It can be found in western, southern and eastern Africa, from Ghana to South Africa and some islands of the Indian Ocean as well as in Aust ...
'' *'' Nomophila noctuella'' *''
Notarcha quaternalis ''Notarcha quaternalis'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It can be found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa including many islands of the Indian Ocean. This moth is yellow/white with some black spots at the foreside of the forewings. It ...
'' *'' Omiodes dnopheralis'' *'' Omiodes indicata'' *''
Orphanostigma abruptalis ''Orphanostigma abruptalis'' is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1859. It occurs in the tropics of the Old World from Africa to Australia. The adult's wingspan is ...
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Palpita vitrealis ''Palpita vitrealis'', common name jasmine moth or white pearl, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. Distribution This species occurs worldwide, including Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Kenya, Sierra Leone, South Africa), Asia, Aus ...
'' *'' Pardomima viettealis'' *'' Piletocera reunionalis'' *'' Piletocera viperalis'' *'' Pleuroptya balteata'' *'' Pleuroptya violacealis'' *'' Poliobotys ablactalis'' *'' Prophantis smaragdina'' *'' Pyrausta childrenalis'' *''
Pyrausta pastrinalis ''Pyrausta pastrinalis'' is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was described by Achille Guenée in 1862. It is endemic to Réunion, where it is common at low and medium altitudes.''Papillons de la Réunion'', 2008, page 261 See also * L ...
'' *'' Psara ferruginalis'' *'' Salbia haemorrhoidalis'' *''
Sameodes cancellalis ''Sameodes cancellalis'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It has a wide distribution and has been recorded from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, Taiwan, Japan, Ch ...
'' *'' Sceliodes laisalis'' *''
Spoladea recurvalis ''Spoladea recurvalis'', the beet webworm moth or Hawaiian beet webworm moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found worldwide, but mainly in the tropics. The wingspan is 22–24 mm. The moth flies from May to September ...
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Stemorrhages sericea ''Stemorrhages sericea'', the large emerald pearl, is a moth of the subfamily of Spilomelinae within the family Crambidae. It lives throughout Africa south of the Sahara, and the Indian Ocean islands of Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Com ...
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Syllepte albopunctum ''Syllepte albopunctum'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Christian Guillermet in 1996. It is found on Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon ...
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Syllepte argillosa ''Syllepte argillosa'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Christian Guillermet in 1996. It is found on Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) ...
'' *'' Syllepte christophalis'' *'' Syllepte ovialis'' *'' Synclera traducalis'' *'' Terastia subjectalis'' *'' Thliptoceras longicornalis'' *'' Zebronia phenice''


Elachistidae

*'' Chrysoclista hygrophilella'' *'' Ethmia nigroapicella''


Gelechiidae

*'' Anarsia citromitra '' *'' Anarsia dodonaea'' *'' Anarsia tremata'' *'' Anarsia vinsonella'' *'' Aristotelia bicomis'' *'' Brachmia fuscogramma'' *'' Dactylethrella tetrametra '' *'' Dichomeris acuminata'' *''
Epiphractis amphitricha ''Epiphractis amphitricha'' is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is known from the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and Réunion. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the ...
'' *'' Ephysteris subdiminutella'' *'' Dichomeris ianthes'' *'' Faristenia tamarinda'' *'' Helcystogramma convolvuli'' *'' Idiophantis croconota'' *'' Idiophantis valerieae'' *'' Leuronoma fauvella'' *'' Mesophleps palpigera'' *'' Mesophleps safranella'' *'' Mesophleps silacella'' *''
Phthorimaea operculella ''Phthorimaea operculella'', also known as the potato tuber moth or tobacco splitworm, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is an oligophagous insect that feeds on the plant family Solanaceae and is especially known for being a major pest of ...
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Sitotroga cerealella The Angoumois grain moth (''Sitotroga cerealella'') is a species of the Gelechiidae moth family, commonly referred to as the "rice grain moth". It is most abundant in the temperate or tropical climates of India, China, South Africa, Indonesia, ...
'' *'' Sitotroga psacasta'' *'' Stegasta variana '' *'' Syncopacma leportensis'' *'' Syncopacma linella'' *'' Thiotricha tenuis ''


Geometridae

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Ascotis terebraria ''Ascotis terebraria'' is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on La Réunion LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Mus ...
'' *'' Asthenotricha lophopterata'' *'' Asthenotricha tripogonias'' *'' Casuariclystis latifascia'' *'' Chiasmia crassilembaria'' *'' Chlorerythra borbonica'' *'' Chloroclystis androgyna'' *'' Chloroclystis angelica'' *''
Chloroclystis costicavata ''Chloroclystis costicavata'' is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is found on Mauritius and Réunion. The wingspan of this moth is approx. . The edge of the forewings of the males have an convexed shape that makes it easy to distin ...
'' *'' Chloroclystis derasata'' *'' Chloroclystis exilipicta'' *''
Chloroclystis latifasciata ''Chloroclystis latifasciata'' is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Joseph de Joannis in 1932. It is found in Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar. Their wingspan is around . See also *List of moths of Mauritius *List o ...
'' *'' Cleora acaciaria'' *''
Collix inaequata ''Collix inaequata'' is a moth of the family Geometridae. This moth is endemic in La Réunion where it is found in medium altitudes. A known foodplant of the larvae is '' Badula barthesia'', an endemic Myrsinaceae. The larvae are green with som ...
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Collix intrepida ''Collix intrepida'' is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Prout in 1932. This moth is found in Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic cent ...
'' *'' Comostolopsis leuconeura'' *'' Conolophia conscitaria'' *'' Cyclophora lyciscaria'' *'' Darisodes orygaria'' *'' Dithecodes purpuraria'' *'' Ectropis distinctaria'' *'' Ectropis herbuloti'' *'' Eois suarezensis'' *'' Erastria madecassaria'' *'' Eupithecia graphiticata'' *'' Gymnoscelis rubricata'' *'' Mesocolpia nanula '' *''
Mimandria diospyrata ''Mimandria diospyrata'' is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. It is found on Réunion and Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officia ...
'' *'' Orthonama quadrisecta'' *'' Pingasa hypoleucaria'' *'' Prasinocyma cellularia'' *'' Psilocerea monochroma'' *'' Racotis incompletaria'' *''
Rhodometra sacraria ''Rhodometra sacraria'', the vestal, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1767 12th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Distribution It can be found throughout Europe, in the Near East, in No ...
'' *'' Scopula caesaria'' *'' Scopula internataria'' *'' Scopula lactaria'' *''
Scopula minorata ''Scopula minorata'' is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. It is found in Africa south of the Sahara, the Arabian Peninsula and on the islands of the Indian Ocean. Furthermore, it is found in sou ...
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Scopula serena ''Scopula serena'' is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Africa south of the Sahara, from Sierra Leone to Tanzania and to South Africa, as well as on the Indian Ocean islands The wingspan is 14–17 mm. References

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'' *'' Somatina lia'' *'' Thalassodes hyraria'' *''
Thalassodes quadraria ''Thalassodes quadraria'' is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1857. It is found in Africa south of the Sahara and in India and Sri Lanka. Description Its wingspan is about 38 mm. Hindwings wi ...
'' *'' Traminda obversata'' *''
Xanthorhoe borbonicata ''Xanthorhoe'' is a genus of moths of the family Geometridae described by Jacob Hübner in 1825. Selected species * '' Xanthorhoe ablechra'' D. S. Fletcher, 1958 * '' Xanthorhoe abrasaria'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1856) * '' Xanthorhoe abyssinica' ...
'' *'' Xanthorhoe magnata''


Glyphipterigidae

*'' Chrysocentris costella'' *'' Chrysocentris ditiorana''


Gracillariidae

*'' Acrocercops coffeifoliella'' *''
Acrocercops macrochalca ''Acrocercops macrochalca'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the ...
'' *'' Aristaea bathracma'' *'' Aristaea onychota'' *''
Aspilapteryx pentaplaca ''Aspilapteryx'' is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. Species *''Aspilapteryx filifera'' (Meyrick, 1912) *''Aspilapteryx grypota'' (Meyrick, 1914) *''Aspilapteryx inquinata'' Triberti, 1985 *''Aspilapteryx limosella'' (Duponchel, 18 ...
'' *'' Caloptilia xanthochiria'' *'' Callicercops triceros'' *'' Corythoxestis pentarcha'' *'' Dialectica geometra'' *'' Dialectica anselmella'' *'' Dialectica pyramidota '' *'' Phodoryctis caerulea'' *''
Phyllocnistis citrella The citrus leafminer (''Phyllocnistis citrella'') is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is also known as CLM in agriculture. It was first found in Florida in 1993, but is now found all over the world, including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, ...
'' *'' Phyllocnistis saligna'' *'' Spulerina hexalocha'' *'' Phyllonorycter ruizivorus''


Hyblaeidae

*'' Hyblaea apricans''


Immidae

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Imma infima ''Imma infima'' is a moth in the family Immidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1930. It is found on the Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion and in Sierra Leone.
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Lymantriidae

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Euproctis annulipes''


Lyonetiidae

*'' Leucoptera coffeella'' *'' Leucoptera meyricki'' *'' Lyonetia hygrophilella''


Noctuidae

*'' Achaea catella'' *'' Achaea echo'' *'' Achaea euryplaga'' *'' Achaea faber'' *''
Achaea finita ''Achaea finita'', the finite achaea, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Réunion, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Z ...
'' *'' Achaea infinita'' *'' Achaea leucopasa'' *'' Achaea lienardi'' *'' Achaea oedipodina'' *'' Achaea trapezoides'' *'' Achaea violaceofascia'' *''
Acontia luteola ''Acontia luteola'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Max Saalmüller in 1891. It is known from Réunion and Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madag ...
'' *'' Agrapha etiennei'' *'' Agrapha orbifer'' *'' Agrotis alluaudi'' *''
Agrotis ipsilon ''Agrotis ipsilon'', the dark sword-grass, black cutworm, greasy cutworm, floodplain cutworm or ipsilon dart, is a small noctuid moth found worldwide. The moth gets its scientific name from black markings on its forewings shaped like the letter " ...
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Agrotis longidentifera ''Agrotis longidentifera'', the brown cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by George Hampson in 1903. It is found in eastern and southern Africa and several islands in the Indian Ocean. The adults have a wing length of about 16&nb ...
'' *'' Agrotis viettei'' *''
Aletia decaryi ''Aletia'' is a genus of owlet moths of the family Noctuidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1821. New Zealand species In 2019 Robert Hoare undertook a major review of New Zealand Noctuidae. During this review the genus ''Ichneutica'' was gr ...
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Aletia infrargyrea ''Aletia infrargyrea'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Max Saalmüller in 1891. It is known from Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, ...
'' *'' Aletia operosa'' *'' Aletia pyrausta'' *'' Ametropalpis nasuta'' *'' Amyna acuta'' *'' Amyna axis'' *'' Amyna incertalis'' *'' Anomis alluaudi'' *'' Anomis auragoides'' *''
Anomis campanalis ''Anomis campanalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Paul Mabille in 1880. It is found in Madagascar and Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rény ...
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Anomis flava ''Anomis flava'', the cotton looper, tropical anomis or white-pupiled scallop moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in large parts of the world, including China, ...
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Anomis lophognatha ''Anomis lophognatha'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1926. It is found in Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Cr ...
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Anticarsia rubricans ''Anticarsia irrorata'', the owl moth, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae.'' ...
'' *'' Apamea desegaulxi'' *'' Apospasta rubiana'' *''
Araeopteron obliquifascia ''Araeopteron obliquifascia'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found on Mauritius and Réunion.http://christian.guillermet.perso.neuf.fr/listings/noct_quad.htm * List of C.Guillermet, 2012 - Les Hétérocères de l'île de La Rà ...
'' *'' Araeopteron papaziani'' * *''
Argyrogramma signata ''Argyrogramma signata'', the green semilooper, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. Distribution It is found in Africa, it is found on the Canary Islands, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mauritius, São Tomé, the Seychelles, Sierra Leo ...
'' *'' Argyrolopha costibarbata'' *'' Arsina silenalis'' *'' Asota borbonica'' *'' Athetis ignava'' *'' Athetis pigra'' *'' Autoba costimacula'' *'' Brithys crini'' *'' Callixena versicolora'' *''
Callopistria bernei ''Callopistria bernei'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. This species can be found on Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean th ...
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Callopistria cariei ''Callopistria'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It was described by Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterli ...
'' *'' Callopistria latreillei'' *'' Callopistria maillardi'' *'' Callopistria yerburii'' *'' Catada obscura'' *'' Catephia squamosa'' *''
Chalciope delta Chalciope (; grc, Χαλκιόπη, Khalkiópē means "bronze-face"), in Greek mythology, is a name that may refer to several characters. * Chalciope, daughter of King Aeetes of Colchis, sister of Medea and wife of Phrixus, by whom she had four ...
'' *'' Chasmina tibialis'' *'' Chlumetia borbonica'' *''
Chrysodeixis chalcites The tomato looper or golden twin-spot moth ''(Chrysodeixis chalcites)'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae, subfamily Plusiinae. It mainly lives in southern Europe, the Levant and tropical Africa, but can be seen migrating across much of Europe. ...
'' *'' Condica conducta'' *'' Condica pauperata'' *''
Conservula cinisigna ''Conservula cinisigna'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million squa ...
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Corgatha terracotta ''Corgatha terracotta'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Réunion and Mauritius. It has a wingspan of approximately 20 mm. See also * List of moths of Réunion * List of moths of Mauritius There are about 450 k ...
'' *'' Ctenoplusia dorfmeisteri'' *''
Ctenoplusia limbirena ''Ctenoplusia limbirena'', the Scar Bank gem, or silver U-tail, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in south-western Europe, Africa (Lesotho, the Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Malawi an ...
'' *'' Cyligramma fluctuosa'' *''
Cyligramma limacina ''Cyligramma limacina'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Africa, including Senegal, Mauritius and Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links= ...
'' *'' Dichromia legrosi'' *'' Dysgonia angularis'' *'' Dysgonia derogans'' *'' Dysgonia masama'' *'' Dysgonia torrida'' *'' Erebus walkeri'' *'' Ericeia albangula'' *'' Ericeia congregata'' *'' Ericeia congressa'' *'' Ericeia inangulata'' *''
Ericeia lituraria ''Ericeia lituraria'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in central and southern Africa and on the islands of the Indian Ocean. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip t ...
'' *'' Eublemma anachoresis'' *'' Eublemma augusta'' *'' Eublemma baccalix'' *'' Eublemma cochylioides'' *'' Eublemma pyrosticta'' *'' Eublemma viettei'' *'' Eublemmoides apicimacula'' *'' Eudocima fullonia'' *'' Eudocima imperator'' *'' Euplexia borbonica'' *'' Eustrotia bernica'' *'' Eutelia blandiatrix'' *'' Feliniopsis tenera'' *''Gesonia obeditalis'' *''Gesonia stictigramma'' *''Gracilodes angulalis'' *''Gracilodes nysa'' *''Grammodes bifasciata'' *''Grammodes stolida'' *''Gyrtona polymorpha'' *''Helicoverpa armigera'' *''Heliophisma klugii'' *''Hipoepa fractalis'' *''Holocryptis interrogationis'' *''Hydrillodes aviculalis'' *''Hydrillodes uliginosalis'' *''Hypena anderesi'' *''Hypena conscitalis'' *''Hypena etiennei'' *''Hypena frappieralis'' *''Hypena inextensalis'' *''Hypena laceratalis'' *''Hypena nasutalis'' *''Hypena obacerralis'' *''Hypena ophiusinalis'' *''Hypena polycyma'' *''Hypena varialis'' *''Hypena viettei'' *''Hypocala florens'' *''Hypospila thermesina'' *''Janseodes melanospila'' *''Lacera alope'' *''Lacera noctilio'' *''Leucania hypocapna'' *''Leucania insulicola'' *''Leucania nebulosa'' *''Leucania phaea'' *''Leucania prominens'' *''Leucania pseudoloreyi'' *''Lithacodia blandula'' *''Lophoptera litigiosa'' *''Lophoruza mascarena'' *''Luceria amazonensis '' *''Lygephila salax'' *''Matarum etiennei'' *''Maxera marchalii'' *''Megalonycta mediovitta'' *''Mentaxya palmistarum'' *''Mocis conveniens'' *''Mocis frugalis'' *''Mocis mayeri'' *''Mocis proverai'' *''Mocis repanda'' *''Mythimna borbonensis'' *''Neostichtis ignorata'' *''Nodaria cornicalis'' *''Nodaria mouriesi'' *''Ochropleura leucogaster'' *''Ochropleura megaplecta'' *''Oedebasis longipalpis'' *''Oedebasis ovipennis'' *''Ophiusa legendrei'' *''Oraesia pierronii'' *''Oruza divisa'' *''Ozarba perplexa'' *''Ozopteryx basalis'' *''Pandesma muricolor'' *''Pericyma mendax'' *''Pericyma vinsonii'' *''Physula synnaralis'' *''Pleuronodes apicalis'' *''Plusiodonta excavata'' *''Plusiodonta gueneei'' *''Polydesma umbricola'' *''Progonia matilei'' *''Progonia oileusalis'' *''Proluta deflexa'' *''Prominea porrecta'' *''Radara subcupralis'' Walker, [1866] *''Rhesala moestalis'' *''Rhynchina revolutalis'' *''Rivula dimorpha'' *''Rivula dispar'' *''Serrodes partita'' *''Serrodes trispila'' *''Sesamia calamistis'' *''Simplicia extinctalis'' *''Simplicia fesseleti'' *''Simplicia inflexalis'' *''Simplicia pannalis'' *''Spodoptera cilium'' *''Spodoptera exigua'' *''Spodoptera littoralis'' *''Spodoptera mauritia'' *''Stenhypena borbonica'' *''Stictoptera antemarginata'' *''Stictoptera poecilosoma'' *''Syngrapha grosmornensis'' *''Thyas rubricata'' *''Thysanoplusia indicator'' *''Tolna sypnoides'' *''Trichoplusia florina'' *''Trichoplusia ni'' *''Trichoplusia orichalcea'' *''Trigonodes exportata'' *''Trigonodes hyppasia'' *''Vietteania torrentium'' *''Vittaplusia vittata''


Nolidae

*''Blenina richardi'' *''Earias biplaga'' *''Earias insulana'' *''Garella basalis'' *''Maceda mansueta'' *''Maurilia arcuata'' *''Nola borbonica'' *''Nola denauxi'' *''Nola guillermeti'' *''Nola herbuloti'' *''Nola melanoscelis'' *''Nycteola mauritia'' *''Pardasena virgulana'' *''Pardoxia graellsii'' *''Xanthodes albago''


Oecophoridae

*''Ancylometis ansarti'' *''Ancylometis celineae'' *''Ancylometis lavergnella'' *''Ancylometis mulaella'' *''Ancylometis paulianella'' *''Ancylometis ribesae'' *''Ancylometis scaeocosma'' *''Cenarchis vesana'' *''Endrosis sarcitrella'' *''
Epiphractis amphitricha ''Epiphractis amphitricha'' is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is known from the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and Réunion. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the ...
'' *''Epiphractis tryphoxantha'' *''Metachanda astrapias'' *''Metachanda anomalella'' *''Metachanda borbonicella'' *''Metachanda cafrerella'' *''Metachanda eucyrtella'' *''Metachanda hamonella'' *''Metachanda hugotella'' *''Metachanda lucasi'' *''Metachanda nigromaculella'' *''Metachanda reunionella'' *''Metantithyra silvestrella'' *''Metachanda thaleropis'' *''Orygocera anderesi'' *''Oxycrates reunionella'' *''Semnocosma gibeauxella'' *''Taragmarcha borbonensis'' *''Tanychastis moreauella''


Plutellidae

*''Plutella xylostella''


Praydidae

*''Prays armynoti'' *''Prays citri'' *''Prays sublevatella''


Pterophoridae


Pterophorinae

*''Megalorhipida tessmanni'' *''Bipunctiphorus dimorpha'' *''Exelastis phlyctaenias'' *''Hellinsia madecasseus'' *''Hepalastis pumilio'' *''Lantanophaga pusillidactylus'' *''Megalorhipida leptomeres'' *''Megalorhipida leucodactyla'' *''Megalorhipida monsa'' *''Oidaematophorus borbonicus'' *''Platyptilia fulva'' *''Platyptilia grisea'' *''Platyptilia pseudofulva'' *''Pterophorus albidus'' *''Sphenarches anisodactylus'' *''Stenodacma wahlbergi'' *''Stenoptilodes taprobanes'' *''Vietteilus borbonica''


Ochyroticinae

*''Ochyrotica rufa''


Pyralidae


Galleriinae

*''Achroia grisella'' *''Corcyra cephalonica'' *''Galleria mellonella'' *''Lamoria clathrella''


Epipaschiinae

*''Epilepia melapastalis''


Chrysauginae

*''Parachma lequettealis''


Pyralinae

*''Hypsopygia mauritialis'' *''Imerina saramitoi, Hypotia saramitoi'' *''Ocrasa nostralis'' *''Pyralis manihotalis'' *''Pyralis pictalis''


Phycitinae

*''Apomyelois ceratoniae'' *''Balinskyia monstrosa'' *''Cactoblastis cactorum'' *''Cadra cautella'' *''Ceutholopha isidis '' *''Candiopella reunionalis'' *''Cryptoblabes bistriga'' *''Cryptoblabes gnidiella'' *''Ephestia callidella'' *''Epischnia beharella'' *''Etiella zinckenella'' *''Flabellobasis capensis'' *''Maliarpha separatella vectiferella'' *''Morgabinella billii'' *''Morosaphycita morosalis'' *''Oncocera quilicii'' *''Pempelia strophocomma'' *''Philotroctis pectinicornella'' *''Phycita demidovi'' *''Phycita diaphana'' *''Phycita irisella'' *''Plodia interpunctella'' *''Pseudoceroprepes semipectinella'' *''Pseudophycitatella leveuleuxi'' *''Selagiaforma vercambrensis'' *''Spatulipalpia pectinatella'' *''Thylacoptila borbonica'' *''Thylacoptila paurosema''


Sphingidae

*''Acherontia atropos'' *''Agrius convolvuli'' *''Basiothia medea'' *''Cephonodes apus'' *''Coelonia fulvinotata'' *''Coelonia solani'' *''Daphnis nerii'' *''Euchloron megaera'' *''Hippotion celerio'' *''Hippotion eson'' *''Hippotion gracilis'' *''Hyles biguttata'' *''Macroglossum aesalon'' *''Macroglossum milvus'' *''Macroglossum soror'' *''Nephele densoi'' *''Nephele oenopion''


Stathmopodidae

*''Stathmopoda attiei'' *''Stathmopoda margabim''


Thyrididae

*''Banisia clathrula''


Tineidae

*''Agnathosia nana'' *''Amphixystis aromaticella'' *''Amphixystis fragosa'' *''Amphixystis guttata'' *''Amphixystis maillardella'' *''Amphixystis paroditella'' *''Amphixystis patelia'' *''Amphixystis siccata'' *''Amphixystis serrata'' *''Amphixystis syntricha'' *''Dasyses langenieri'' *''Erechthias nigrocaputis'' *''Erechthias nigromaculella'' *''Erechthias richardella'' *''Eudarcia oceanica'' *''Opogona dimidiatella'' *''Opogona etiennella'' *''Opogona heroicella'' *''Opogona incorrectella'' *''Opogona omoscopa'' *''Opogona phaeochalca'' *''Opogona sacchari'' *''Opogona salamolardella'' *''Opogona sycastella'' *''Opogona transversata'' *''Phereoeca praecox'' *''Praeacedes atomosella'' *''Protaphreutis borboniella'' *''Setomorpha rutella'' *''Tineovertex flavilineata'' *''Tiquadra etiennei'' *''Tiquadra guillermeti'' *''Tiquadra seraphinei'' *''Tiquadra trancarti''


Tortricidae

*''Adoxophyes microptycha'' *''Apotoforma smaragdina'' *''Bactra crithopa'' *''Bactra pallidior'' *''Bactra stagnicolana'' *''Borboniella allomorpha'' *''Borboniella bifracta'' *''Borboniella chrysorrhoea'' *''Borboniella conflatilis'' *''Borboniella cubophora'' *''Borboniella gigantella'' *''Borboniella leucaspis'' *''Borboniella marmaromorpha'' *''Borboniella montana'' *''Borboniella octops'' *''Borboniella pelecys'' *''Borboniella peruella'' *''Borboniella rougonella'' *''Borboniella spudaea'' *''Borboniella striatella'' *''Borboniella tekayaella'' *''Borboniella viettei'' *''Borboniella vulpicolor'' *''Brachiolia amblopis'' *''Brachiolia egenella'' *''Clepsis tetraplegma'' *''Coniostola stereoma'' *''Cosmetra anthophaga'' *''Cosmetra spiculifera'' *''Cosmorrhyncha acrocosma'' *''Cosmorrhyncha ocellata'' (Mabille, 1900) *''Crocidosema affouchensis'' Guillermet, 2012 *''Crocidosema lantana'' *''Crocidosema plebejana'' *''Cryptophlebia carreella'' *''Cryptophlebia colasi'' *''Cryptophlebia gomyi'' *''Cryptophlebia peltastica'' *''Cryptophlebia semilunana'' *''Cydia corona'' *''Cydia siderocosma'' *''Cydia undosa'' *''Dudua aprobola'' *''Eccopsis incultana'' *''Eccopsis praecedens'' *''Epichoristodes acerbella'' *''Episimoides erythraea'' *''Grapholita siderocosma'' *''Hilarographa vinsonella'' *''Leguminivora anthracotis'' *''Leguminivora ptychora'' *''Lobesia aeolopa'' *''Lobesia crithopa'' *''Lobesia rapta'' *''Lobesia vanillana'' *''Microsarotis lygistis'' *''Pandemis electrochroa'' *''Strepsicrates penechra'' *''Tetramoera isogramma'' *''Tetramoera schistaceana'' *''Thaumatotibia ecnomia'' *''Thaumatotibia etiennei'' *''Thaumatotibia eutacta'' *''Thaumatotibia leucotreta'' *''Thaumatotibia rassembi'' *''Thaumatotibia rochata'' *''Trymalitis scalifera''


Uraniidae

*''Dirades dadanti'' *''Dirades etiennei'' *''Dirades theclata''


Yponomeutidae

*''Kessleria gibeauxia'' *''Xyrosaris canusa''


References


Bippus, M., 2020. Records of Lepidoptera from the Malagasy region with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Noctuidae, Alucitidae, Choreutidae, Euteliidae, Gelechiidae, Blastobasidae, Pterophoridae, Tonzidae, Tineidae, Praydidae, Cosmopterigidae, Batrachedridae). - Phelsuma 28: 60-100


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:List of moths of Reunion Moths of Réunion, 01 Moths of the Mascarene Islands, * Moths by country, Reunion Lists of moths by location, Reunion Réunion-related lists, Moths Lists of moths of Africa, Reunion