List of Lepidoptera of Puerto Rico

The Lepidoptera of Puerto Rico consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the island of Puerto Rico.

Location of Puerto Rico

According to a recent estimate, there are about 1000 Lepidoptera species present in Puerto Rico.

Butterflies

Hesperiidae

Lycaenidae

Nymphalidae

Papilionidae

Pieridae

Moths

Nepticulidae

Tischeriidae

Tineidae

  • Antipolistes anthracella Forbes, 1933
  • Erechthias minuscula (Walsingham, 1897)
  • Ereunetis aeneoalbida Walsingham, 1897
  • Ereunetis particolor Walsingham
  • Eudarcia argyrophaea (Forbes, 1931)
  • Eudarcia tischeriella (Walsingham, 1897)
  • Haplotinea insectella (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Infurcitinea luteella Forbes, 1931
  • Infurcitinea palpella Forbes, 1931
  • Lepyrotica brevistrigata Walsingham, 1897
  • Mea incudella Forbes, 1931
  • Mea yunquella Forbes, 1931
  • Niditinea fuscella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Protodarcia plumella (Walsingham, 1892)
  • Taeniodictys sericella Forbes, 1933
  • Tinea familiaris Zeller, 1877
  • Tinea minutella (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Tinea pallidorsella (Zeller, 1877)
  • Tinea scythropiella Walsingham, 1897
  • Tineola walsinghami Busck, 1933
  • Tiquadra aeneonivella (Walker, 1864)
  • Urodus mirella Möschler, 1890
  • Xystrologa antipathetica (Forbes, 1931)

Acrolophidae

Psychidae

  • Cryptothelea nigrita (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
  • Oiketicus kirbyi Guilding, 1827

Lyonetiidae

Gracilariidae

Ethmiidae

Alucitidae

Blastobasidae

Coleophoridae

Batrachedridae

Cosmopterygidae

Oecophoridae

Anomologinae

Gelechiinae

Anacampsinae

Dichomeridinae

Glyphipterygidae

Yponomeutidae

  • Euarne obligatella Möschler, 1890
  • Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Urodus sordidata Zeller, 1877
  • Yponomeuta triangularis (Möschler, 1890)

Heliodinidae

  • Heliodines quinqueguttata Walsingham, 1897

Cossidae

Schistonoeidae

Elachistidae

Chlidanotinae

Olethreutinae

  • Ancylis virididorsana (Möschler, 1890)
  • Bactra priapeia (Heinrich, 1923)
  • Bactra verutana Zeller, 1875
  • Cacocharis canofascia Forbes, 1930
  • Crocidosema calvifrons Walsingham, 1891
  • Crocidosema longipalpana (Möschler, 1891)
  • Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
  • Crocidosema unica Heinrich, 1923
  • Cydia albimaculana (Fernald, 1879)
  • Cydia fahlbergiana Thunberg, 1797
  • Dichrorampha excitana (Möschler, 1890)
  • Endothenia hebesana (Walker, 1863)
  • Epiblema strenuana (Walker, 1863)
  • Episimus argutana (Clemens, 1860)
  • Ethelgoda texanana (Walsingham, 1879)
  • Eucosma autochthones (Walsingham, 1897)
  • Gymnandrosoma aurantianum Lima, 1927
  • Gymnandrosoma desotanum (Heinrich, 1926)
  • Gymnandrosoma trachycerus Forbes, 1931
  • Olethreutes anthracana Forbes, 1931
  • Strepsicrates smithiana Walsingham, 1891

Tortricinae

Megalopygidae

Acentropinae

Crambinae

Evergestinae

Glaphyriinae

Musotiminae

Pyraustinae

Schoenobiinae

Scopariinae

Spilomelinae

Chrysauginae

Epipaschiinae

Galleriinae

Phycitinae

Pyralinae

Limacodidae

  • Heuretes picticornis Grote & Robinson, 1868

Thyrididae

Hyblaeidae

Pterophoridae

Alsophilinae

  • Almodes terraria Guenée, [1858]
  • Ametris nitrocris (Cramer, 1780)

Ennominae

Geometrinae

Larentiinae

Sterrhinae

  • Acratodes intamiataria Möschler, 1890
  • Acratodes oslinaria Schaus, 1940
  • Acratodes praepeditaria Möschler, 1890
  • Acratodes virgota (Schaus, 1901)
  • Idaea curvicauda Schaus, 1940
  • Idaea fernaria (Schaus, 1940)
  • Idaea monata (Forbes, [1947])
  • Idaea placitaria Schaus, 1940
  • Leptostales crossii (Hulst, 1900)
  • Leptostales oblinataria (Möschler, 1890)
  • Leptostales pannaria (Guenée, [1858])
  • Leptostales phorcaria (Guenée, [1858])
  • Lobocleta dativaria Schaus, 1940
  • Lobocleta maricaria Schaus, 1940
  • Lobocleta monogrammata (Guenée, [1858])
  • Lobocleta mutuataria (Möschler, 1890)
  • Lobocleta perditaria (Walker, 1866)
  • Lobocleta tenellata (Möschler, 1886)
  • Pleuroprucha asthenaria (Walker, 1861)
  • Pleuroprucha molitaria Möschler, 1890
  • Pleuroprucha pyrrhularia Möschler, 1890
  • Pleuroprucha yunkearia Schaus, 1940
  • Pseudasellodes fenestraria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Ptychamalia perlata Warren, 1900)
  • Scelolophia delectabilaria (Möschler, 1890)
  • Scelolophia randaria Schaus, 1940
  • Scelolophia terminata (Guenée, 1858)
  • Scopula canularia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1870)
  • Scopula innominata Schaus, 1940
  • Scopula laresaria Schaus, 1940
  • Scopula subquadrata (Guenée, [1858])
  • Scopula umbilicata (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Semaeopus caecaria (Hübner, [1823])
  • Semaeopus malefidaria (Möschler, 1890)
  • Semaeopus perletaria Möschler, 1890
  • Tricentrogyna floridora Schaus, 1940
  • Tricentrogyna vinacea (Butler, 1878)

Epiplemidae

  • Epiplema ecludaria Möschler, 1890
  • Epiplema ineptaria Möschler, 1890
  • Epiplema obvallataria Möschler, 1890
  • Letchena myrsusalis Walker
  • Nedusia excavata Möschler, 1890
  • Syngria ramosaria Möschler, 1890
  • Syngria reticularia Möschler, 1890
  • Trotorhombia metachromata (Walker, 1861)

Sphingidae

Notodontidae

Herminiinae

Hypeninae

Rivulinae

Phytometrinae

Calpinae

  • Adiopa disgrega (Möschler, 1890)
  • Eudocima serpentinfera (Walker, [1858])
  • Gonodonta aequalis (Walker, 1857)
  • Gonodonta bidens Geyer, 1832
  • Gonodonta clotilda (Stoll, [1790])
  • Gonodonta incurva (Sepp, [1840])
  • Gonodonta nitidimacula Guenée, 1852
  • Gonodonta sicheas (Cramer, [1777])
  • Gonodonta uxoria (Cramer, 1780)
  • Graphigona regina (Guenée, 1852)
  • Hemicephalis characteria (Stoll, [1790])
  • Hemicephalis krugii Möschler, 1890
  • Oraesia excitans Walker, [1858]
  • Parachabora abydas (Herrich-Schäffer, [1869])
  • Pararcte schneideriana (Stoll, 1782)
  • Plusiodonta thomae Guenée, 1852
  • Pseudyrias watsoni Schaus, 1940

Hypenodinae

Scoliopteryginae

Eulepidotinae

Anobinae

Erebinae

Eublemminae

Arctiinae

Euteliidae

Nolidae

Plusiinae

Bagisarinae

Cydosiinae

Eustrotiinae

Acontiinae

Diphtherinae

Acronictinae

  • Agriopodes jucundella Dyar, 1922

Amphipyrinae

Oncocnemidinae

Agaristinae

  • Caularis undulans Walker, [1858]
  • Micrathetis triplex (Walker, 1857)
  • Neotuerta sabulosa (Felder, 1874)

Condicinae

Heliothinae

Eriopinae

Noctuinae

References

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