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 ↓
Aethaloessa calidalis
Aethaloessa calidalis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found throughout the Seychelles, South and South-East Asia, Australia and on many Pacific islands.
Ornate Hydriris Moth
Hydriris ornatalis, the ornate hydriris, is a moth of the Crambidae family. It has a wide distribution and is known from southern Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and North America, where it is restricted to Florida.
Bradina admixtalis
Bradina admixtalis is a species of moth of the Crambidae family 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, South Africa as well as India.
Culladia admigratella
Culladia admigratella is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It has a wide range in the tropics, and has been recorded from the British Indian Ocean Territory, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, the Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Socotra, India, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Sumatra.
Cucumber Moth
Diaphania indica, the cucumber moth or cotton caterpillar, is a widespread but mainly Old World moth species. It belongs to the grass moth family, and therein to the large subfamily Spilomelinae. This moth occurs in many tropical and subtropical regions outside the Americas, though it is native to southern Asia; it is occasionally a significant pest of cucurbits ...more ↓
Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis
Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It occurs in Africa, Seychelles, Chagos Archipelago, Réunion, Australia, India, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka and other countries of the far-east.
Grass Webworm Moth
Herpetogramma licarsisalis, the grass webworm or tropical grass webworm, is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is native to most of the old world tropics, including New Zealand, Hong Kong and Queensland. It is an introduced species in many other parts of the world, including Hawaii and the Canary Islands.
Hawaiian Beet Webworm Moth
Spoladea recurvalis, sometimes known by the common name Beet Webworm Moth or Hawaiian Beet Webworm, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found worldwide, but mainly in the tropics.
Ombava
Achyra massalis, the ombava, is a moth of the Crambidae family. The species was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in most of the Old World tropics, including Réunion, Namibia and Australia (including New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia).
Mabra eryxalis
Mabra eryxalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found on the Chagos Archipelago and Sumatra, as well as in China, Taiwan, Sri Lanka and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.
Bean-leaf Webworm Moth
Omiodes indicata, the bean-leaf webworm moth or soybean leaf folder, is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found from Florida to Texas, the West Indies and Mexico to South America, Cameroon, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of Congo, La Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, the Seychelles, South Africa, India, Borneo and Australia ...more ↓
Omiodes poeonalis
Omiodes poeonalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (North Kivu, Bas Congo, Orientale, East Kasai, Katanga), Sierra Leone, Tanzania, the Chagos Archipelago, China, Indonesia (Borneo, Flores, Java, Sumatra), Sri Lanka, Japan and Australia (Queensland).
Parotis suralis
Parotis suralis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found around the west Pacific rim, including Chagos Islands, Hong Kong, Japan, Kiribati, Tuvalu and the tropical far north of Queensland.
Banded Pearl
Sameodes cancellalis is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It has a wide distribution and has been recorded from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Indochina, Taiwan, Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, New Guinea, western and southern Africa, Fiji, the Cook Islands and Australia (Queensland).
Orange-spotted Flower Moth
Syngamia florella, the orange-spotted flower moth or red waisted florella moth, is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is found from South Carolina to Florida and from Arkansas to Texas, south to the West Indies and through Mexico to Argentina. It is also found on Bermuda.
