List of moths of São Tomé and Príncipe

There are about 332 known species of moth that had been recorded from São Tomé and Príncipe. Moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Location of São Tomé and Príncipe

This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in São Tomé and Príncipe, an island nation off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa.

Alucitidae

Arctiidae

Cosmopterigidae

Cossidae

Crambidae

Elachistidae

Erebidae

Gelechiidae

  • Theatrocopia roseoviridis Walsingham, 1897

Geometridae

Gracillariidae

Lasiocampidae

  • Stoermeriana thomensis Talbot, 1929

Lymantriidae

  • Crorema quadristigata Talbot, 1929
  • Eudasychira thomensis (Talbot, 1929)

Noctuidae

Notodontidae

Oecophoridae

Plutellidae

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Saturniidae

  • Bunaea oremansi Bouyer, 2008

Sphingidae

Tineidae

Tortricidae

  • Afroploce karsholti Aarvik, 2004
  • Anthozela macambrarae Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2014
  • Astronauta stellans (Meyrick, 1922)
  • Choristoneura dinota (Meyrick, 1918)
  • Choristoneura occidentalis (Walsingham, 1891)
  • Choristoneura saotome Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2014
  • Cosmorrhyncha microcosma Aarvik, 2004
  • Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
  • Dracontogena metamorphica (Meyrick, 1928)
  • Dracontogena tonitrualis (Meyrick, 1934)
  • Eccopsis incultana (Walker, 1863)
  • Eccopsis praecedens Walsingham, 1897
  • Eucosma sphalerodes Meyrick, 1934
  • Eucosma tonitrualis Meyrick, 1934
  • Ercosmocydia terreirana Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2014
  • Kennelia albifascies (Walsingham, 1900)
  • Lobesia aeolopa Meyrick, 1907
  • Lobesia vanillana (Joannis, 1900)
  • Olethreutes decidua (Meyrick, 1934)
  • Olethreutes doctrinalis (Meyrick, 1934)
  • Olethreutes gutturalis (Meyrick, 1934)
  • Peridaedala algosa (Meyrick, 1912)
  • Prophaecasia usambarae (Razowski & Wojtusiak, 2014)
  • Thaumatotibia batrachopa (Meyrick, 1908)
  • Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913)
  • Tortrix dinota Meyrick, 1918
  • Tortrix prionistis Meyrick, 1928

Uraniidae

  • Epiplema scripta ( Talbot, 1929
  • Phazaca angulata (Talbot, 1929)

Zygaenidae

  • Saliunca styx (Fabricius, 1775)

References

    • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.
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