List of Lepidoptera of the Azores

Location of Azores

An estimated 150 species of Lepidoptera, the order comprising butterflies and moths, have been recorded in the North Atlantic archipelago of the Azores.

Butterflies

Lycaenidae

Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Nymphalidae

Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hipparchia azorina (Strecker, 1898)
Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pieridae

Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785)
Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Moths

Crambidae

Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834)
Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811)
Eudonia interlinealis (Warren, 1905)
Eudonia luteusalis (Hampson, 1907)
Eudonia melanographa (Hampson, 1907)
Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
Mecyna asinalis (Hübner, 1819)
Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794)
Scoparia aequipennalis Warren, 1905
Scoparia carvalhoi Nuss, Karsholt & Meyer, 1998
Scoparia coecimaculalis Warren, 1905
Scoparia semiamplalis Warren, 1905
Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Udea azorensis Meyer, Nuss & Speidel, 1997
Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)

Epermeniidae

Epermenia aequidentellus (E. Hofmann, 1867)

Erebidae

Eublemma ostrina (Hübner, 1808)
Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1796)
Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, 1813)
Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1773)
Schrankia costaestrigalis (Stephens, 1834)
Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)
Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gelechiidae

Aproaerema anthyllidella (Hübner, 1813)
Brachmia infuscatella Rebel, 1940
Chrysoesthia sexguttella (Thunberg, 1794)
Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873)
Platyedra subcinerea (Haworth, 1828)
Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789)

Geometridae

Ascotis fortunata (Blachier, 1887)
Costaconvexa centrostrigaria (Wollaston, 1858)
Cyclophora azorensis (Prout, 1920)
Cyclophora puppillaria (Hübner, 1799)
Eupithecia ogilviata (Warren, 1905)
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (Haworth, 1809)
Nycterosea obstipata (Fabricius, 1794)
Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767)
Xanthorhoe inaequata Warren, 1905

Glyphipterigidae

Glyphipterix diaphora Walsingham, 1894

Gracillariidae

Caloptilia coruscans (Walsingham, 1907)
Dialectica scalariella (Zeller, 1850)
Micrurapteryx bistrigella (Rebel, 1940)
Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
Phyllonorycter messaniella (Zeller, 1846)

Nepticulidae

Stigmella aurella (Fabricius, 1775)

Noctuidae

Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenee, 1852)
Euplexia lucipara (Linnaeus, 1758)
Galgula partita Guenee, 1852
Hadena azorica Meyer & Fibiger, 2002
Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808)
Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
Melanchra granti Warren, 1905
Mesapamea storai (Rebel, 1940)
Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809)
Noctua atlantica (Warren, 1905)
Noctua carvalhoi (Pinker, 1983)
Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus, 1758)
Paranataelia whitei (Rebel, 1906)
Peridroma saucia (Hübner, 1808)
Phlogophora cabrali Pinker, 1971
Phlogophora furnasi Pinker, 1971
Phlogophora interrupta (Warren, 1905)
Phlogophora kruegeri Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2006
Phlogophora meticulosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sesamia nonagrioides Lefebvre, 1827
Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, 1803)
Xestia c-nigrum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Plutellidae

Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Praydidae

Prays citri (Milliere, 1873)
Prays oleae (Bernard, 1788)
Luffia ferchaultella (Stephens, 1850)

Pterophoridae

Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (Hübner, 1813)
Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)
Stenoptilia meyeri Gielis, 1997
Stenoptilia zophodactylus (Duponchel, 1840)

Pyralidae

Aglossa caprealis (Hübner, 1809)
Apomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller, 1839)
Cadra cautella (Walker, 1863)
Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton, 1866)
Cryptoblabes gnidiella (Milliere, 1867)
Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)
Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879
Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Homoeosoma miguelensis Meyer, Nuss & Speidel, 1997
Homoeosoma picoensis Meyer, Nuss & Speidel, 1997
Phycitodes albatella (Ragonot, 1887)
Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813)
Pyralis farinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sphingidae

Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Stathmopodidae

Neomariania incertella (Rebel, 1940)
Neomariania oecophorella (Rebel, 1940)
Neomariania scriptella (Rebel, 1940)

Tineidae

Eudarcia atlantica Henderickx, 1995
Monopis crocicapitella (Clemens, 1859)
Niditinea fuscella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oinophila v-flava (Haworth, 1828)
Opogona omoscopa (Meyrick, 1893)
Opogona sacchari (Bojer, 1856)
Praeacedes atomosella (Walker, 1863)
Tenaga nigripunctella (Haworth, 1828)
Tinea murariella Staudinger, 1859
Tinea poecilella Rebel, 1940
Trichophaga bipartitella (Ragonot, 1892)
Trichophaga tapetzella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tortricidae

Acleris schalleriana (Linnaeus, 1761)
Acleris variegana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Bactra lancealana (Hübner, 1799)
Bactra venosana (Zeller, 1847)
Clavigesta sylvestrana (Curtis, 1850)
Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cydia splendana (Hübner, 1799)
Endothenia oblongana (Haworth, 1811)
Epiphyas postvittana (Walker, 1863)
Grapholita molesta (Busck, 1916)
Pandemis heparana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
Rhopobota naevana (Hübner, 1817)
Selania leplastriana (Curtis, 1831)

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/10/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.