Moths of the Comoros represent about 320 known moth species. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

This is a list of moth species which have been recorded on the Comoros and on Mayotte, which is geographically part of the Comoro Islands off the south-east coast of Africa.

Arctiidae[edit]

• Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
• Argina astrea (Drury, 1773)
• Chiromachla insulare (Boisduval, 1833)
• Chiromachla pallescens Oberthür, 1890
• Cyana tripuncta (Toulgoët, 1980)
• Detoulgoetia comorensis Rothschild, 1933
• Detoulgoetia pseudosparsata Rothschild, 1933
• Eilema catenata (Mabille, 1900)
• Eilema comorensis Toulgoët, 1955
• Eilema humbloti Toulgoët, 1956
• Eilema kingdoni (Butler, 1877)
• Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
• Exilisia insularis Tougoët, 1972
• Exilisia leighi (Toulgoët, 1956)
• Exilisia quadripunctata (Toulgoët, 1956)
• Exilisia variegata Toulgoët, 1972
• Fodinoidea pupieri Toulgoët, 1972
• Galtara colettae Toulgoët, 1976
• Galtara extensa (Butler, 1880)
• Leucaloa infragyrea (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Mimulosia quadripunctaria (Toulgoët, 1956)
• Neuroxena rectilineata (Toulgoët, 1972)
• Nyctemera insulare (Boisduval, 1833)
• Nyctemera pallescens Oberthür, 1890
• Pelosia stictigramma (Hampson, 1908)
• Podomachla virgo (Strand, 1909)
• Proxhyle comoreana Toulgoët, 1959
• Siccia punctipennis (Wallengren, 1860)
• Spatulosia griveaudi Toulgoët, 1972
• Thumatha fuscescens Walker, 1866
• Utetheisa elata (Fabricius, 1798)
• Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Viettesia bicolor Toulgoët, 1980
• Viettesia matilei Toulgoët, 1978

Carposinidae[edit]

• Carposina impavida Meyrick, 1913

Copromorphidae[edit]

• Copromorpha aeruginea Meyrick, 1917
• Copromorpha cryptochlora Meyrick, 1930
• Copromorpha mesobactra Meyrick, 1930

Crambidae[edit]

• Agathodes musivalis Guenée, 1854
• Agathodes ostentalis (Geyer, 1837)
• Ambia prolalis Viette, 1958
• Angustalius hapaliscus (Zeller, 1852)
• Angustalius malacellus (Duponchel, 1836)
• Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel, 1833)
• Bocchoris putrisalis (Viette, 1958)
• Bradina admixtalis (Walker, 1859)
• Bradina atralis (Pagenstecher, 1907)
• Cadarena sinuata (Fabricius, 1781)
• Chabulina putrisalis (Viette, 1958)
• Chilo partellus (Swinhoe, 1886)
• Chilo sacchariphagus (Bojer, 1856)
• Cirrhochrista griveaudalis Viette, 1961
• Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Conotalis nigroradians (Mabille, 1900)
• Coptobasoides comoralis Viette, 1960
• Coptobasoides djadjoualis Viette, 1981
• Cotachena octoguttalis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius, 1794)
• Crocidophora caffralis Hampson, 1910
• Crocidophora elongalis Viette, 1978
• Diaphana indica (Saunders, 1851)
• Diaphania oriolalis (Viette, 1958)
• Dipleurinodes comorensis Leraut, 1989
• Dipleurinodes nigra Leraut, 1989
• Epipagis cancellalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Euchromius mythus Błeszyński, 1970
• Eudipleurina viettei Leraut, 1989
• Euphyciodes albotessulalis (Mabille, 1900)
• Eurrhyparodes tricoloralis (Zeller, 1852)
• Ghesquierellana hirtusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Glyphodes boseae Saalmüller, 1880
• Glyphodes capensis (Walker, 1866)
• Glyphodes mascarenalis de Joannis, 1906
• Glyphodes oriolalis (Viette, 1958)
• Glyphodes mayottalis Hampson, 1908
• Glyphodes shafferorum Viette, 1987
• Glyphodes stolalis Guenée, 1854
• Goniorhynchus argyropalis (Hampson, 1908)
• Haimbachia leucopleuralis (Mabille, 1900)
• Haritalodes derogata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781)
• Hendecasis duplifascialis (Hampson, 1891)
• Herpetogramma bipunctalis (Fabricius, 1794)
• Herpetogramma brunnealis (Hampson, 1913)
• Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794)
• Hyalobathra filalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832)
• Hymenia perspectalis (Hübner, 1796)
• Ischnurges lancinalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Isocentris retinalis (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Lamprosema argyropalis (Hampson, 1908)
• Leucinodes hemichionalis (Mabille, 1900)
• Nausinoe capensis (Walker, 1866)
• Neurophyseta comoralis (Strand, 1916)
• Nomophila noctuella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Notarcha quaternalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Omiodes indicata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Palpita metallata (Fabricius, 1781)
• Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794)
• Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Pardomima zanclophora Martin, 1955
• Parotis ankaratralis (Marion, 1954)
• Parotis malagasa (Strand, 1912)
• Parotis prasinalis (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Patissa ochreipalpalis Hampson, 1919
• Pioneabathra olesialis (Walker, 1859)
• Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798)
• Pyrausta bouveti Viette, 1981
• Pyrausta olesialis (Walker, 1859)
• Pyrausta phaenicealis (Hübner, 1818)
• Sameodes cancellalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Scirpophaga gilviberbis Zeller, 1863
• Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Stemorrhages sericea (Drury, 1773)
• Stenochora lancinalis (Guenée, 1854)
• Syllepte melanopalis Hampson, 1908
• Syllepte patagialis (Zeller, 1852)
• Syllepte undulalis (Pagenstecher, 1907)
• Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)
• Ulopeza primalis Viette, 1958
• Zebronia phenice (Cramer, 1780)
• Zebronia virginalis Viette, 1958

Drepanidae[edit]

• Archidrepana saturniata Warren, 1902

Elachistidae[edit]

• Agonopterix nyctalopis (Meyrick, 1930)
• Ethmia ampanella Viette, 1976
• Ethmia comoriensis Viette, 1963

Euteliidae[edit]

• Eutelia bouveti Viette, 1984
• Eutelia galleyi Viette, 1984
• Eutelia verini Viette, 1984

Gelechiidae[edit]

• Brachmia convolvuli Walsingham, 1907
• Dichomeris acuminatus (Staudinger, 1876)

Geometridae[edit]

• Agathia malgassa Herbulot, 1978
• Antitrygodes herbuloti Viette, 1977
• Antitrygodes malagasy Viette, 1977
• Archichlora ioannis Herbulot, 1954
• Ascotis reciprocaria (Walker, 1860)
• Ascotis selenaria ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
• Asthenotricha torata L. B. Prout, 1932
• Cabera humbloti Herbulot, 1978
• Cabera toulgoeti Herbulot, 1956
• Chiasmia crassilembaria (Mabille, 1880)
• Chiasmia normata (Walker, 1861)
• Chiasmia simplicilinea (Pagenstecher, 1907)
• Chloroclystis comorana Herbulot, 1978
• Chloroclystis consocer Prout, 1937
• Chloroclystis grisea Warren, 1897
• Chloroclystis nanula (Mabille, 1900)
• Chloroclystis taxata Herbulot, 1981
• Chloroclystis toreumata L. B. Prout, 1937
• Chrysocraspeda erythraria (Mabille, 1893)
• Cleora angustivalvis (Herbulot, 1965)
• Cleora quadrimaculata (Janse, 1932)
• Cleora rothkirchi (Strand, 1914)
• Cleora transversaria (Pagenstecher, 1907)
• Collix foraminata Guenée, 1858
• Colocleora comoraria (Oberthür, 1913)
• Comibaena leucochloraria (Mabille, 1880)
• Comibaena punctaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
• Comostolopsis convalescens Herbulot, 1981
• Comostolopsis intensa Prout, 1915
• Darisodes orygaria (Guenée, 1862)
• Disclisioprocta natalata (Walker, 1862)
• Drepanogynis quadrivalvis Herbulot, 1960
• Drepanogynis unilineata (Warren, 1897)
• Ecpetala nesaea (Prout, 1923)
• Epigynopteryx duboisi Herbulot, 1981
• Erastria madecassaria (Boisduval, 1833)
• Eucrostes disparata Walker, 1861
• Eupithecia alticomora Herbulot, 1981
• Eupithecia bolespora L. B. Prout, 1937
• Eupithecia ericeti Herbulot, 1970
• Eupithecia exheres Herbulot, 1954
• Gymnoscelis olsoufieffae L. B. Prout, 1937
• Gymnoscelis rubricata (de Joannis, 1932)
• Heterorachis insueta L. B. Prout, 1922
• Horisme albostriata (Pagenstecher, 1907)
• Idaea griveaudi Herbulot, 1978
• Idaea pulveraria (Snellen, 1872)
• Idiochlora approximans (Warren, 1897)
• Isturgia catalaunaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Isturgia comorensis Krüger, 2001
• Isturgia contexta (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Isturgia deerraria (Walker, 1861)
• Isturgia univirgaria (Mabille, 1880)
• Lophorrhachia rubricorpus (Warren, 1898)
• Mimoclystia dimorpha Herbulot, 1966
• Obolcola retorta Herbulot, 1966
• Ochroplutodes hova Herbulot, 1954
• Orthonama quadrisecta Herbulot, 1954
• Phaiogramma stibolepida (Butler, 1879)
• Pingasa griveaudi Herbulot, 1966
• Pingasa rhadamaria (Guenée, 1858)
• Pingasa ultrata Herbulot, 1966
• Problepsis meroearia Saalmüller, 1884
• Protosteira spectabilis (Warren, 1899)
• Psilocerea ferruginaria (Mabille, 1898)
• Psilocerea harmonia Prout, 1932
• Psilocerea psegma Herbulot, 1981
• Psilocerea russulata (Mabille, 1898)
• Racotis deportata Herbulot, 1970
• Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)
• Rhodesia alboviridata (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Scardamia maculata Warren, 1897
• Scopula bistrigata (Pagenstecher, 1907)
• Scopula caesaria (Walker, 1861)
• Scopula cornishi Prout, 1932
• Scopula internataria (Walker, 1861)
• Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)
• Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)
• Scopula rebaptisa Herbulot, 1985
• Scopula rufolutaria (Mabille, 1900)
• Somatina lia Prout, 1915
• Somatina vestalis (Butler, 1875)
• Terina charmione (Fabricius, 1793)
• Thalassodes progressa Prout, 1926
• Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857
• Traminda obversata (Walker, 1861)
• Xanthorhoe incudina Herbulot, 1981
• Xenimpia crassipecten Herbulot, 1961
• Xenimpia luxuriosa Herbulot, 1961
• Xenimpia maculosata (Warren, 1897)
• Xenimpia trizonata (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Xylopteryx doto Prout, 1925
• Zamarada differens Bastelberger, 1907

Immidae[edit]

• Bryonympha silvana Meyrick, 1930
• Imma infima Meyrick, 1930

Lasiocampidae[edit]

• Phoenicladocera lajonquierei Viette, 1981

Lecithoceridae[edit]

• Lecithocera malacta Meyrick, 1918
• Odites analogica Meyrick, 1917
• Odites carcharopa Meyrick, 1914
• Odites fructuosa Meyrick, 1915
• Odites hermatica Meyrick, 1915
• Odites pedicata Meyrick, 1914

Limacodidae[edit]

• Macrosemyra duberneti Viette, 1980

Lymantriidae[edit]

• Creagra comorensis Collenette, 1937
• Euproctis producta (Walker, 1863)
• Euproctis mayottensis Collenette, 1956
• Marblepsis mayotta (Collenette, 1931)
• Ogoa oberthueri Rothschild, 1916
• Olapa tavetensis (Holland, 1892)

Metarbelidae[edit]

• Salagena ngazidya Viette, 1981

Noctuidae[edit]

• Achaea catella Guenée, 1852
• Achaea diplographa Hampson, 1913
• Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
• Acontia microptera Mabille, 1879
• Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
• Agrotis longidentifera (Hampson, 1903)
• Agrotis radama Viette, 1958
• Aletia infrargyrea (Saalmüller, 1891)
• Aletia pyrausta (Hampson, 1913)
• Aletia viettei (Rungs, 1956)
• Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
• Ancarista laminifera (Saalmüller, 1878)
• Anomis alluaudi Viette, 1965
• Anomis auragoides (Guenée, 1852)
• Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775)
• Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833)
• Apospasta verini Viette, 1981
• Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Asota borbonica (Boisduval, 1833)
• Asota comorana (Aurivillius, 1909)
• Asota fereunicolor (Toulgoët, 1972)
• Athetis ignava (Guenée, 1852)
• Brithys crini (Fabricius, 1775)
• Callixena versicolora Saalmüller, 1891
• Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
• Calpoparia imparepunctata (Oberthür, 1890)
• Chalciope delta (Boisduval, 1833)
• Chasmina malagasy Viette, 1965
• Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
• Coelophoris comorensis Viette, 1981
• Condica conducta (Walker, 1857)
• Condica pauperata (Walker, 1858)
• Conservula cinisigna de Joannis, 1906
• Conservula malagasa (Gaede, 1915)
• Ctenoplusia furcifera (Walker, 1857)
• Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852)
• Cyligramma fluctuosa (Drury, 1773)
• Cyligramma latona (Cramer, 1775)
• Digama sagittata Gaede, 1926
• Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Dysgonia subangularis (Mabille, 1890)
• Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
• Entomogramma pardus Guenée, 1852
• Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875)
• Ericeia albangula (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Ericeia congregata (Walker, 1858)
• Ericeia lituraria (Saalmüller, 1880)
• Eublemmoides apicimacula (Mabille, 1880)
• Eudocima fullonia (Clerck, 1764)
• Gracilodes caffra Guenée, 1852
• Gracilodes nysa Guenée, 1852
• Grammodes bifasciata (Petagna, 1787)
• Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
• Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1808])
• Hydrillodes carayoni Viette, 1981
• Hypena grandecomorensis Lödl, 1994
• Hypena griveaudi Viette, 1968
• Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
• Hypena ophiusinalis Mabille, 1879
• Hypena polycyma Hampson, 1902
• Hypena puncticosta Prout, 1921
• Hypena neoplyta Prout, 1925
• Hypena varialis Walker, 1866
• Leucania insulicola Guenée, 1852
• Leucania simplaria Saalmüller, 1891
• Mabilleana pudens (Mabille, 1900)
• Maxera marchalii (Boisduval, 1833)
• Megalonycta mediovitta (Rothschild, 1924)
• Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857)
• Mocis conveniens (Walker, 1858)
• Mocis frugalis (Fabricius, 1775)
• Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
• Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
• Nagia linteola (Guenée, 1852)
• Nesaegocera comorana (Jordan, 1926)
• Ophiusa finifascia (Walker, 1858)
• Ophiusa legendrei Viette, 1967
• Plusiopalpa dichora Holland, 1894
• Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833
• Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866)
• Sesamia calamistis Hampson, 1910
• Simplicia extinctalis (Zeller, 1852)
• Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
• Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
• Thysanoplusia indicator (Walker, [1858])
• Tolna sypnoides (Butler, 1878)
• Tracheplexia galleyi Viette, 1981
• Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
• Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)

Nolidae[edit]

• Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
• Earias gigas Berio, 1956
• Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
• Gabala grjebinella (Viette, 1956)
• Meganola praefica (Saalmüller, 1884)
• Meganola saalmuelleri (Toulgoët, 1961)
• Nola biangulata (Toulgoët, 1954)
• Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)

Notodontidae[edit]

• Malgadonta anjouanica Kiriakoff, 1969
• Nesochadisra protea Kiriakoff, 1969

Oecophoridae[edit]

• Xenophanta ecliptis Meyrick, 1914

Pterophoridae[edit]

• Exelastis crudipennis (Meyrick, 1932)
• Exelastis luqueti (Gibeaux, 1994)
• Exelastis phlyctaenias (Meyrick, 1911
• Exelastis robinsoni Gibeaux, 1994
• Exelastis viettei (Gibeaux, 1994)
• Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Megalorhipida prolai Gibeaux, 1994
• Ochyrotica moheliensis Gibeaux, 1994
• Ochyrotica rufa Arenberger, 1987
• Platyptilia comorensis Gibeaux, 1994
• Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1852)
• Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
• Titanoptilus laniger Bigot, 1969
• Walsinghamiella prolai (Gibeaux, 1994)

Pyralidae[edit]

• Canthelea oegnusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Endotricha vinolentalis Ragonot, 1891
• Epicrocis oegnusalis (Walker, 1859)
• Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832)
• Goateria mayottensis Leraut, 2010
• Macalla seyrigalis Marion & Viette, 1956
• Maliarpha separatella (Ragonot, 1888)
• Marionana paulianalis Viette, 1953
• Nhoabe privatalis Viette, 1960
• Sindris sganzini Boisduval, 1833

Saturniidae[edit]

• Antherina suraka (Boisduval, 1833)

Sphingidae[edit]

• Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)
• Batocnema coquerelii (Boisduval, 1875)
• Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
• Coelonia fulvinotata (Butler, 1875)
• Coelonia solani (Boisduval, 1833)
• Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Dargeclanis grandidieri (Mabille, 1879)
• Euchloron megaera (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779)
• Hippotion geryon (Boisduval, 1875)
• Maassenia heydeni (Saalmüller, 1878)
• Macroglossum aesalon Mabille, 1879
• Macroglossum trochilus (Hübner, 1823)
• Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
• Nephele comoroana Clark, 1923
• Nephele densoi (Keferstein, 1870)
• Nephele oenopion (Hübner, [1824])
• Pseudoclanis grandidieri (Mabille, 1879)
• Temnora fumosa (Walker, 1856)
• Temnora leighi Rothschild & Jordan, 1915
• Temnora marginata (Walker, 1856)
• Temnora peckoveri (Butler, 1876)
• Temnora pseudopylas (Rothschild, 1894)
• Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
• Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856)

Thyrididae[edit]

• Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971
• Rhodoneura opalinula (Mabille, 1879)
• Rhodoneura sordidula (Plötz, 1880)
• Rhodoneura zophocrana Viette, 1957

Tineidae[edit]

• Cimitra fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
• Cimitra horridella (Walker, 1863)
• Dasyses rugosella (Stainton, 1859)
• Scalidomia fetialis (Meyrick, 1917)
• Silosca comorensis Gozmány, 1968
• Tiquadra goochii Walsingham, 1881

Tortricidae[edit]

• Bactra sinassula Diakonoff, 1963
• Bactra stagnicolana Zeller, 1852
• Brachiolia amblopis (Meyrick, 1911)
• Brachiolia egenella (Walker, 1864)
• Coniostola stereoma (Meyrick, 1912)
• Cosmorrhyncha ocellata (Mabille, 1900)
• Cryptaspasma zigzag Diakonoff, 1983
• Cryptophlebia aphos Diakonoff, 1983
• Cryptophlebia hemon Diakonoff, 1983
• Eccopsis encardia Diakonoff, 1983
• Eccopsis heterodon Diakonoff, 1981
• Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
• Hopliteccopsis maura Diakonoff, 1983
• Megaherpystis agmatophora Diakonoff, 1989
• Megalomacha tigripes Diakonoff, 1960
• Procrica agrapha Diakonoff, 1983
• Procrica diarda Diakonoff, 1983
• Procrica intrepida (Meyrick, 1912)
• Procrica sanidota (Meyrick, 1912)
• Thylacandra endotera Diakonoff, 1983
• Thylacandra melanotoma Diakonoff, 1983

Uraniidae[edit]

• Dirades comoroana Boudinot, 1982
• Dirades theclata (Guenée, 1858)
• Epiplema fletcheri Boudinot, 1982
• Epiplema illineata Warren, 1899
• Epiplema viettei Boudinot, 1982

Xyloryctidae[edit]

• Eretmocera laetissima Zeller, 1852

References[edit]

• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2014). "Advanced search: Distribution: country". Afromoths. Retrieved 20 March 2014.