
There are about 660 known moth species of Réunion. The moths (mostly
nocturnal
Nocturnality is a ethology, behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal", versus diurnality, diurnal meaning the opposite.
Nocturnal creatur ...
) and butterflies (mostly
diurnal) together make up the
taxonomic
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Taxonomy is a practice and science concerned with classification or categorization. Typically, there are two parts to it: the development of an underlying scheme of classes (a taxonomy) and the allocation ...
order
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organ ...
.
This is a list of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
species which have been recorded in
Réunion
Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...
, an island in the Indian Ocean.
Arctiidae
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Argina amanda''
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Argina astrea''
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Eilema borbonica''
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Eilema francki''
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Eilema squalida''
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Nyctemera insulare''
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Nyctemera virgo''
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Thumatha fuscescens''
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Utetheisa diva
''Utetheisa diva'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1879. It is found on Réunion, Madagascar and the Seychelles.
References
Moths described in 1879
diva
Diva (, ) is the Latin word for a goddess. Di ...
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Utetheisa elata
''Utetheisa elata'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. It is found in Angola, South Africa and Tanzania, as well as on the Comoros, Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles.
The lar ...
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Utetheisa lotrix''
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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 ...
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Utetheisa pulchelloides
''Utetheisa pulchelloides'', the heliotrope moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Indo-Australian region including Borneo, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Papua, Seychelles, most of Australia,Tenerife, La Línea de la Concepción � ...
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Autostichidae
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Autosticha pelodes''
Batrachedridae
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Batrachedra arenosella''
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Idioglossa bigemma''
Bedelliidae
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Bedellia somnulentella
Bedelliidae is a small family of small, narrow-winged moths; most authorities recognize just a single genus, ''Bedellia'', previously included in the family Lyonetiidae. The family is still included in the Lyonetiidae
Lyonetiidae is a family o ...
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Blastobasidae
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Lanteantenna inana''
Carposinidae
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Peragrarchis martirea''
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Peritrichocera barboniella''
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Peritrichocera bougreauella''
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Peritrichocera bipectinata''
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Peritrichocera tsilaosa''
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Scopalostoma melanoparea''
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Scopalostoma nigromaculella''
Choreutidae
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Anthophila emplecta
''Anthophila'', from Ancient Greek ἄνθος (''ánthos''), meaning "flower", and φίλος (''phílos''), meaning "loving", is a genus of moths in the family Choreutidae.
Species
*'' Anthophila abhasica'' Danilevsky, 1969
*'' Anthophila a ...
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Brenthia leptocosma''
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Choreutis aegyptiaca''
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Tebenna cornua
''Tebenna'' is a genus of moths in the family Choreutidae.
Species
*''Tebenna agalmatopa'' (Meyrick, 1926)
*''Tebenna agelasta'' (Bradley, 1965)
*''Tebenna alliciens'' (Meyrick, 1926)
*''Tebenna balsamorrhizella'' Busck, 1904
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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 abo ...
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Copromorphidae
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Copromorpha mesobactris''
Cosmopterigidae
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Calicotis attiei''
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Cosmopterix attenuatella''
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Anatrachyntis simplex''
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Eteobalea vinsoni
''Eteobalea vinsoni'' is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found on Mauritius and Réunion
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Macrobathra cineralella''
Crambidae
Acentropinae
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Elophila acornutus''
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Elophila difflualis''
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Elophila melagynalis''
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Eoophyla guillermetorum''
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Eoophyla reunionalis''
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Parapoynx diminutalis''
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Parapoynx fluctuosalis''
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Parapoynx ingridae''
Crambinae
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Angustalius hapaliscus''
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Chilo sacchariphagus''
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Conocramboides seychellellus''
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Culladia achroellum''
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Microcrambon paphiellus''
Cybalomiinae
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Trichophysetis preciosalis''
Evergestinae
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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 but it is a tropical or subtrop ...
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Hydriris ornatalis''
Musotiminae
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Ambia gueneealis''
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Cilaus longinasus
''Cilaus'' is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Joseph de Joannis in 1932. Its one species, ''Cilaus longinasus'', described by the same author in the same year, is only known from the medium altitudes of Réunion
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Neurophyseta upupalis''
Noordiinae
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Noorda blitealis''
Odontiinae
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Autocharis marginata''
Pyraustinae
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Achyra coelatalis''
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Euclasta whalleyi
''Euclasta gigantalis'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. The female has a wingspan of 45mm.
Distribution
It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, La Réunion and Madagascar.
In 1988 this moth was also released in Australia for biological co ...
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Hyalobathra filalis''
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Ischnurges lancinalis''
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Pagyda pulvereiumbralis''
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Pyrausta phoenicealis {{For, the grass moth genus, Pyrausta (moth)
Pyrausta or pyrallis (πυραλλίς) (also called in Greek pyrigonos) is a mythological insect from Cyprus. It is a four-legged insect with filmy wings. It lived in the fire like a salamander and died ...
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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''
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Scoparia resinodes''
Spilomelinae
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Agathodes musivalis''
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Bocchoris borbonensis''
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Bocchoris gueyraudi''
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Bocchoris inspersalis''
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Botyodes asialis''
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Bradina admixtalis
''Bradina admixtalis'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Australia ( Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland), New Guinea, New Zealand, south-east Asia and the Comoros, Réunion, So ...
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Cadarena pudoraria''
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Cirrhochrista etiennei''
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Cnaphalocrocis grucheti''
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Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis''
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Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis''
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Cnaphalocrocis trebiusalis''
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Condylorrhiza zyphalis
''Condylorrhiza zyphalis'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Madagascar and La Réunion.
Its wingspan is 28–30 mm, with a length of the forewings of .
Foodplants
The larvae feed on the Salicaceae
The Sal ...
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Diaphana indica''
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Diasemia monostigma''
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Diasemiopsis ramburialis''
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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 ...
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Eurrhyparodes bracteolalis''
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Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis''
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Filodes costivitralis''
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Ghesquierellana hirtusalis''
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Glyphodes cadeti''
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Glyphodes mascarenalis''
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Glyphodes shafferorum''
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Haritalodes derogata''
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Herpetogramma admensalis''
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Herpetogramma basalis''
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Herpetogramma brunnealis''
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Herpetogramma couteyeni''
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Herpetogramma debressyi''
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Herpetogramma dorcalis''
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Herpetogramma licarsisalis''
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Herpetogramma minoralis''
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Herpetogramma phaeopteralis''
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Herpetogramma stultalis''
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Herpetogramma vacheri''
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Hodebertia testalis''
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Hymenia perspectalis''
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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 s ...
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Mabra eryxalis''
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Nausinoe geometralis''
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Nomophila noctuella''
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Notarcha quaternalis''
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Omiodes dnopheralis''
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Omiodes indicata''
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Orphanostigma abruptalis''
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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, Austr ...
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Pardomima viettealis''
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Piletocera reunionalis''
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Piletocera viperalis''
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Pleuroptya balteata''
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Pleuroptya violacealis''
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Poliobotys ablactalis''
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Prophantis smaragdina''
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Pyrausta childrenalis''
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Pyrausta pastrinalis''
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Psara ferruginalis''
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Salbia haemorrhoidalis''
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Sameodes cancellalis''
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Sceliodes laisalis''
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Spoladea recurvalis''
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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 (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and ...
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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 (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and r ...
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Syllepte christophalis''
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Syllepte ovialis''
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Synclera traducalis''
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Terastia subjectalis''
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Thliptoceras longicornalis''
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Zebronia phenice''
Elachistidae
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Chrysoclista hygrophilella''
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Ethmia nigroapicella''
Gelechiidae
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Anarsia citromitra
''Anarsia citromitra'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Mozambique, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Mauritius, Réunion, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forew ...
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Anarsia dodonaea''
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Anarsia tremata''
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Anarsia vinsonella''
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Aristotelia bicomis
Aristotelia may refer to:
* ''Aristotelia'' (plant), a genus of trees in the family Elaeocarpaceae
* ''Aristotelia'' (moth), a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae
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Brachmia fuscogramma''
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Dactylethrella tetrametra ''
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Dichomeris acuminata''
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Epiphractis amphitricha''
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Ephysteris subdiminutella''
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Dichomeris ianthes''
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Faristenia tamarinda''
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Helcystogramma convolvuli''
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Idiophantis croconota''
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Idiophantis valerieae''
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Leuronoma fauvella
''Leuronoma fauvella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Viette in 1957. It is found on La Réunion
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Mesophleps palpigera''
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Mesophleps safranella''
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Mesophleps silacella''
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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 o ...
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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, ...
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Sitotroga psacasta''
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Stegasta variana ''
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Syncopacma leportensis''
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Syncopacma linella''
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Thiotricha tenuis ''
Geometridae
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Ascotis terebraria
''Ascotis terebraria'' is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found on La Réunion
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Asthenotricha lophopterata''
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Asthenotricha tripogonias''
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Casuariclystis latifascia''
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Chiasmia crassilembaria''
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Chlorerythra borbonica''
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Chloroclystis androgyna''
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Chloroclystis angelica''
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Chloroclystis costicavata''
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Chloroclystis derasata''
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Chloroclystis exilipicta''
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Chloroclystis latifasciata''
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Cleora acaciaria''
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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
Myrsinoideae is a subfamily ...
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Collix intrepida''
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Comostolopsis leuconeura''
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Conolophia conscitaria''
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Cyclophora lyciscaria''
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Darisodes orygaria''
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Dithecodes purpuraria''
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Ectropis distinctaria''
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Ectropis herbuloti''
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Eois suarezensis''
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Erastria madecassaria''
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Eupithecia graphiticata''
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Gymnoscelis rubricata''
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Mesocolpia nanula ''
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Mimandria diospyrata''
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Orthonama quadrisecta''
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Pingasa hypoleucaria''
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Prasinocyma cellularia''
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Psilocerea monochroma''
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Racotis incompletaria''
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Rhodometra sacraria''
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Scopula caesaria''
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Scopula internataria''
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Scopula lactaria''
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Scopula minorata''
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Scopula serena''
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Somatina lia''
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Thalassodes hyraria''
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Thalassodes quadraria''
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Traminda obversata''
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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)
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Xanthorhoe magnata''
Glyphipterigidae
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Chrysocentris costella''
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Chrysocentris ditiorana''
Gracillariidae
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Acrocercops coffeifoliella''
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Acrocercops macrochalca''
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Aristaea bathracma''
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Aristaea onychota''
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Aspilapteryx pentaplaca''
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Caloptilia xanthochiria''
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Callicercops triceros''
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Corythoxestis pentarcha''
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Dialectica geometra''
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Dialectica anselmella''
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Dialectica pyramidota ''
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Phodoryctis caerulea''
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Phyllocnistis citrella''
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Phyllocnistis saligna''
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Spulerina hexalocha''
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Phyllonorycter ruizivorus''
Hyblaeidae
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Hyblaea apricans''
Immidae
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Imma infima''
Lymantriidae
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Euproctis annulipes''
Lyonetiidae
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Leucoptera coffeella
''Leucoptera coffeella'' (coffee leaf miner) is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found in every coffee-growing country in South America, Central America and the West Indies. It is considered one of the worst pest species of coffee.
The w ...
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Leucoptera meyricki''
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Lyonetia hygrophilella''
Noctuidae & Erebidae
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Achaea catella''
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Achaea echo''
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Achaea euryplaga
''Achaea euryplaga'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1913. It is found on Réunion and Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the ...
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Achaea faber''
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Achaea finita''
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Achaea infinita''
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Achaea leucopasa
''Achaea leucopasa'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found on Madagascar and Réunion
Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas ...
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Achaea lienardi''
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Achaea oedipodina
''Achaea oedipodina'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Paul Mabille in 1879. It is found in Africa, including Madagascar, Réunion and the Seychelles.
Its wingspan is around 65 mm. Its larvae feed on Euphorbia ...
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Achaea trapezoides''
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Achaea violaceofascia''
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Acontia luteola''
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Agrapha etiennei''
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Agrapha orbifer
''Agrapha orbifer'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on La Réunion
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Agrotis alluaudi''
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Agrotis ipsilon
''Agrotis ipsilon'', the dark sword-grass, ipsilon dart, black cutworm, greasy cutworm or floodplain cutworm, is a small Noctuidae, noctuid moth found worldwide. The moth gets its scientific name from black markings on its forewings shaped like t ...
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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 ...
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Agrotis viettei
''Agrotis viettei'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Réunion
Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of F ...
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Aletia decaryi''
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Aletia infrargyrea''
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Aletia operosa''
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Aletia pyrausta''
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Ametropalpis nasuta''
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Amyna acuta
''Amyna'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Their thoraxes are tuftless. The abdomen is slender and tapering to a point with the slight dorsal tufts. Palpi more slender and reaching above ...
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Amyna axis''
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Amyna incertalis''
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Anomis alluaudi''
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Anomis auragoides''
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Anomis campanalis''
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Anomis flava''
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Anomis lophognatha''
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Anticarsia rubricans''
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Apamea desegaulxi''
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Apospasta rubiana
''Apospasta'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Species
* '' Apospasta aethalopa'' D. S. Fletcher, 1961
* '' Apospasta albirenalis'' (Laporte, 1974)
* '' Apospasta ancillottoi'' Berio, 1978
* '' Apospasta cailloisi'' Laporte, 1984
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Araeopteron legraini''
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Araeopteron obliquifascia''
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Araeopteron papaziani'' *
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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 Leone ...
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Argyrolopha costibarbata''
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Arsina silenalis''
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Asota borbonica''
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Athetis ignava''
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Athetis pigra''
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Autoba costimacula''
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Brithys crini''
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Callixena versicolora''
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Callopistria bernei''
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Callopistria cariei''
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Callopistria latreillei''
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Callopistria maillardi''
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Callopistria yerburii''
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Catada obscura''
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Catephia squamosa''
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Chalciope delta''
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Chasmina tibialis
''Chasmina tibialis'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Africa, Asia and from Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji to central Polynesia.
Its wingspan is about 40 mm.
Its larvae have been recorded on Malvaceae species, includ ...
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Chlumetia borbonica''
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Chrysodeixis chalcites
''Chrysodeixis chalcites'', the tomato looper or golden twin-spot moth, 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. I ...
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Condica conducta
''Condica conducta'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1857. It has a wide range and occurs in Africa (including South Africa, Congo, Madagascar and Réunion) as well as in Hong Kong, Fiji, the Society Islands and ...
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Condica pauperata''
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Conservula cinisigna''
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Corgatha terracotta''
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Ctenoplusia dorfmeisteri''
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Ctenoplusia limbirena''
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Cyligramma fluctuosa''
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Cyligramma limacina''
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Dichromia legrosi''
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Dysgonia angularis''
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Dysgonia derogans''
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Dysgonia masama''
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Dysgonia torrida
''Dysgonia torrida'', commonly known as the jigsaw, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found from the tropical and subtropical areas of Africa to Spain, southern Italy, ...
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Erebus walkeri''
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Ericeia albangula''
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Ericeia congregata''
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Ericeia congressa''
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Ericeia inangulata
''Ericeia inangulata'', the sober tabby, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics of China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and the Ma ...
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Ericeia lituraria''
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Eublemma anachoresis''
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Eublemma augusta''
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Eublemma baccalix''
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Eublemma cochylioides''
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Eublemma pyrosticta''
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Eublemma viettei''
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Eublemmoides apicimacula''
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Eudocima fullonia
''Eudocima phalonia'', the common fruit-piercing moth, is a fruit piercing moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1763 ''Centuria Insectorum''. It is found in large parts of the tropics, mainly in Asi ...
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Eudocima imperator
''Eudocima'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae with numerous tropical species. The genus was first categorised by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, and species currently in the genus have been placed under a range of other genera in the pa ...
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*''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''
*''Panilla aviakala''
*''Paracolax tripunctum''
*''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''
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Epiphractis amphitricha''
*''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''
*''Erechthias zebrina''
*''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
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{{DEFAULTSORT:List of moths of Reunion
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Réunion-related lists, Moths
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