Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) of the British Indian Ocean Territory
This is a guide to the Lepidoptera of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The species listed here are primarily those recorded in the Zoological Society London checklist. Additional species have been added from surveys collected through a Darwin Plus project (DPLUS151). This list is not ...more ↓
Eilema antica
Brunia antica is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from the Indian Subregion, Sri Lanka to China, the Ryukyu Islands, the Chagos Archipelago, the Nicobar Islands and Sundaland.
Heliotrope Moth
Utetheisa pulchelloides (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 and most of Australia.
Ilima Moth
The Ilima Moth (Amyna natalis) is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is widespread from tropical Asia into northern Australia. It is an introduced species in Hawaii, where it is found on Oahu.
Yellow Scallop Moth
Anomis erosa, the yellow scallop moth or abutilon moth, is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in south-eastern North America. It is mostly a southern species, but migrants reach Manitoba, Quebec and Maine.
Angled Gem
The Angled gem, (Anomis sabulifera), also known as Jute semi-looper, is a moth of the Erebidae family. It has a paleotropical distribution and ranges from Africa eastwards to India, Sri Lanka and Australia. A single record found from Britain.
Anticarsia irrorata
Anticarsia irrorata is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae known commonly as the owl moth. It is native to the Old World tropics.
White Tangle
Callopistria maillardi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species can be found throughout central, eastern and southern Africa, including the islands of the Indian Ocean, Yemen, Chagos islands, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, southern China, in Hawaii, Hong Kong, New Zealand, the Society Islands, Sulawesi, as well as Queensland in Australia.
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 the Chagos Archipelago.
Remigia frugalis
The sugarcane looper (Mocis frugalis) is a species of moth of the Erebidae family. It is found in several parts of the world, including India, Sri Lanka, West African countries and other Oriental regions. Adult is a fruit-piercer and a major pest throughout the crops.
Prospalta capensis
Condica capensis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found across Africa, India, Pakistan and South-East Asia. In Europe, it is only common in Southern Spain, but can be found north of this.
Mediterranean Brocade
Spodoptera littoralis, also referred to as the African cotton leafworm or Egyptian cotton leafworm or Mediterranean Brocade, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. S. littoralis is found widely in Africa, Mediterranean Europe and Middle Eastern countries. It is a highly polyphagous organism that is a pest of many cultivated plants and crops. As ...more ↓
Oriental leafworm moth
Spodoptera litura, the tobacco cutworm or cotton leafworm, is a nocturnal species of moth. S. litura is a serious polyphagous pest in Asia, Oceania, and the Indian subcontinent described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Its names reference two of the most common host plants of the moth. In total, 87 species of host plants that are parasitized by S. ...more ↓
Lawn Armyworm Moth
Spodoptera mauritia, the lawn armyworm, also known as paddy swarming caterpillar, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. Cosmopolitan species, it is a major polyphagous pest throughout the world.
Thyas honesta
Thyas honesta is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Indian subregion, Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Sri Lanka, Borneo and on the Philippines.
Yellow Underwing
Thyas coronata is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka to Micronesia and the Society Islands.
Chasmina candida
Chasmina candida is a moth of the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1865. It is found from Indo-Australian tropics east to Fiji, including many islands of the Indian Ocean and Pacific.
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.
Tomato Looper
The Tomato Looper (Chrysodeixis chalcites) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southern Europe, the Levant and tropical Africa, but can be found in great parts of Europe because it is a migratory species.
Green Garden Looper
The Green Garden Looper (Chrysodeixis eriosoma) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. Mostly cosmopolitan distribution, it is a serious pest found throughout Wadelai, Aden, Japan, China, throughout the Indian, Sri Lanka, Malayan, and Australasian regions. It is present in Hawaii and recorded as an incursion in mainland North America and Russia....
Chrysodeixis illuminata
Chrysodeixis illuminata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found across south-east Asia and the southern Pacific, including Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Timor, New Caledonia, Borneo, the Cook Islands, Queensland, the Chagos Archipelago and Samoa.
Characoma nilotica
The Black-olive Caterpillar or Bungee Caterpillar (Garella nilotica) is a moth of the Nolidae family. It has a pantropical distribution, including the eastern North America (from Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New York south to Florida and Texas), the Caribbean, the Iberian Peninsula, Australia, Guam, Fiji, Samoa, the Galapagos Islands and the Chagos Archipelago.
