Moths of Singapore

This page serves to help identify moths commonly seen in Singapore. New species will be added as and when they are added into the Singapore Moth project.

Updated 11 Oct 2017,
Created 3 Oct 2015.
Gan CW

Metaemene atrigutta ¹

Speiredonia mutabilis ²

Hulodes caranea ³

Mecodina violacea ⁴

Ericeia fraterna ⁵

Lacera ⁶

Pindara illibata ¹

Triangular-striped moth ⁷
Chalciope mygdon

Trigonodes hyppasia ⁸

Serrodes partita ⁴

Grammodes geometrica ⁹

Erebus ephesperis ¹⁰

Erygia spissa

Euchromia elegantissima ¹¹

Sugarcane Looper ¹¹
Mocis frugalis

Brown-striped Semilooper ¹²
Mocis undata

Sympis rufibasis ¹³

Hypopyra vespertilio ⁴

Ophiusa discriminans ⁷

Thyas coronata ¹

Achaea janata ¹⁴

Achaea serva ¹⁵

Bocana manifestalis ¹⁶

Masca abactalis ⁴

Neochera inops ¹⁷

Asota caricae ¹¹

Asota heliconia ¹

Asota egens ¹

Fruit Piercing Moth ¹³
Eudocima phalonia

Rhesala imparata ³

Gesonia ⁷

Trischalis stomata ¹⁸

Hübner's Wasp Moth ³
Amata huebneri

Creatonotos gangis ¹

Creatonotos transiens ¹⁹

Nyctemera lacticinia ²⁰

Argina astrea ⁷

Crotalaria Moth ⁷
Utetheisa lotrix

Homodes crocea ⁴

Hydrillodes ¹⁷

Arctornis ⁹

Calliteara horsfieldii ²¹

Clethrogyna turbata ²²

Vapourer ²³
Orgyia antiqua

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Moths of Singapore

Triangular-striped moth 7 Chalciope mygdon

Sugarcane Looper 11 Mocis frugalis

Brown-striped Semilooper 12 Mocis undata

Fruit Piercing Moth 13 Eudocima phalonia

Hübner's Wasp Moth 3 Amata huebneri

Crotalaria Moth 7 Utetheisa lotrix

Vapourer 23 Orgyia antiqua