List of moths of Brazil

Location of Brazil

This is a list of moths of Brazil.

Adelidae

  • Ceromitia aphyoda Davis & Medeiros, (São Paulo, Parana)
  • Ceromitia beckeri Davis & Medeiros, 2023 (from Rio de Janeiro)
  • Ceromitia braziliensis Davis & Medeiros, 2023
  • Ceromitia chionocrossa Meyrick, 1921 (Rio Trombetas, Pará)
  • Ceromitia concava Davis & Medeiros, 2023
  • Ceromitia convexa Davis & Medeiros, 2023
  • Ceromitia eccentra Meyrick, 1922 (from Obidos)
  • Ceromitia exalbata Meyrick, 1921 (Rio Trombetas, Pará)
  • Ceromitia fasciata Davis & Medeiros, 2023
  • Ceromitia furcata Davis & Medeiros, 2023
  • Ceromitia fuscata Davis & Medeiros, 2023
  • Ceromitia latibasis Davis & Medeiros, 2023
  • Ceromitia laticlavia Davis & Medeiros, 2023
  • Ceromitia lobata Davis & Medeiros, 2023
  • Ceromitia nigrifasciata Davis & Medeiros, 2023
  • Ceromitia ochrodyta Meyrick, 1921
  • Ceromitia ovata Davis & Medeiros, 2023
  • Ceromitia pallidofascia Davis & Medeiros, 2023
  • Ceromitia phaeoceros Meyrick, 1921
  • Ceromitia sciographa Meyrick, 1921 (from Obidos, Para)
  • Ceromitia truncata Davis & Medeiros, 2023 (Minas Gerais)
  • Ceromitia unicornuta Davis & Medeiros, 2023
  • Ceromitia unipectinella Davis & Medeiros, 2023 (from São Paulo)[1]

Agonoxenidae

Alucitidae

Arrhenophanidae

Attevidae

Batrachedridae

Blastobasidae

Carposinidae

Cecidosidae

  • Cecidonius pampeanus Moreira & Gonçalves, 2017
  • Dicranoses congregatella
  • Oliera argentinana Brèthes, 1917

Choreutidae

Crambidae

Acentropinae

Crambiinae

Glaphyriinae

Midilinae

Pyraustinae

Schoenobiinae

Spilomelinae

Coleophoridae

Cosmopterigidae

Depressariidae

Elachistidae

  • Orthiostola citharoeda Meyrick, 1928
  • Orthiostola tympanista Meyrick, 1928

Epermeniidae

Erebidae

Arctiinae

Herminiinae

  • Aristaria cellulalis Guenée, 1854
  • Aristaria conspicua Schaus, 1906 (from Rio de Janeiro)
  • Carteris proliferalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Bleptina aeatusalis Walker, 1859 (from Rio de Janeiro)
  • Bleptina albidiscalis Warren, 1889 (from Amazonas)
  • Bleptina bogesalis Walker, 1859 (from Rio de Janeiro)
  • Bleptina caradrinalis Guenée, 1854
  • Bleptina clara Schaus, 1906 (from Parana)
  • Bleptina confusalis Guenée, 1854
  • Bleptina ophelasalis Walker, 1859
  • Bleptina pollesalis Walker, 1859 (from Rio de Janeiro)
  • Bleptina styrusalis Walker, 1859 (from Rio de Janeiro)
  • Bleptina syrnialis Guenée, 1854 (from Rio de Janeiro)
  • Cloniatarphes carunalis Schaus, 1916
  • Corynitis penicillalis Geyer, 1832
  • Coremagnatha orionalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Dectocraspedon braziliensis Schaus, 1916
  • Dectocraspedon latefasciata Schaus, 1916
  • Dectocraspedon lichenea Hampson
  • Dectocraspedon obtusalis Schaus, 1916
  • Dogninades petrae Lödl, 2001 (from Parana)
  • Gustiana abditalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Heterogramma circumflexalis Guenée, 1854
  • Hyponeuma taltula (Schaus, 1904)
  • Lascoria alucitalis (Guenée, 1854)
  • Lascoria dulcena (Schaus, 1906)
  • Lascoria naupalis Schaus, 1916
  • Lascoria paulensis (Schaus, 1906)
  • Lascoria pterophoralis (Guenée, 1854)
  • Lophodelta peratostriga Hampson, 1924
  • Macristis pharosalis Schaus, 1916
  • Mastigophorus marima (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Mastixis aspisalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Mastixis castronalis Schaus, 1916
  • Mastixis comptulalis (Guenée, 1854)
  • Mastixis dukinfieldi Schaus, 1916
  • Mastixis galealis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Mastixis staelmusalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Monochroides olivescens (Warren, 1889)
  • Palthis agroteralis (Guenée, 1854)
  • Palthis bizialis (Walker, 1859)
  • Phalaenophana fadusalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Phalaenophana oppialis (Walker, 1859) (from Rio de Janeiro)
  • Renia bendialis Guenée, 1854
  • Renia clavalis Guenée, 1854
  • Renia decurialis Guenée, 1854
  • Renia endeisalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Renia fimbrialis Schaus, 1916
  • Renia hastatalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Renia orthosialis Guenée, 1854
  • Renia punctinalis Guenée, 1854
  • Renia rhamphialis Guenée, 1854
  • Renia rhetusalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Renia testacealis Guenée, 1854
  • Rejectaria carapa (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Rejectaria erebalis Guenée, 1854
  • Rejectaria niciasalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Rejectaria panola Schaus, 1933
  • Rejectaria parvipunctalis Schaus, 1916
  • Rejectaria paulosa (Schaus, 1906)
  • Rejectaria prunescens (Warren, 1889)
  • Rejectaria theclalis (Walker, [1859])
  • Salia bidentalis (Warren, 1889) Brazil (Amazonas)
  • Salia compta (Walker, 1865) Brazil
  • Salia euphrionalis (Walker, 1859) Brazil
  • Salia lysippusalis (Walker, [1859]) Brazil
  • Salia macarialis (Guenée, 1854) Brazil (Amazonas), Cayenne
  • Salia mialis (Guenée, 1854) Cayenne, Brazil (Amazonas)
  • Salia mikani (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Brazil (Amazonas)
  • Salia mimalis Hübner, [1818] Brazil
  • Salia onesalis (Schaus, 1906) Brazil (Parana)
  • Salia polycletusalis (Walker, [1859]) Brazil (Amazonas)
  • Salia remulcens (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) Brazil (Amazonas)
  • Simplicia flavipunctulata Dognin, 1914 (from Pará, São Paulo)
  • Tetanolita borgesalis (Walker, 1859) (from Rio de Janeiro)

Hypeninae

  • Himerarctia laeta Watson, 1975
  • Hypena abscisalis Walker, [1859]
  • Hypena acclinalis Walker, [1859]
  • Hypena castricalis Schaus, 1904
  • Hypena degesalis Walker, 1859
  • Hypena dissutalis Walker, [1866]
  • Hypena exoletalis Guenée, 1854
  • Hypena exoticalis Guenée, 1854
  • Hypena freija Schaus, 1904
  • Hypena fuscipennis Warren, 1889
  • Hypena gozama Schaus, 1904
  • Hypena hemonalis Walker, [1859]
  • Hypena illapsalis Walker, [1859]
  • Hypena internalis Guenée, 1854
  • Hypena lysoalis Walker, 1859
  • Hypena mactatalis Walker, [1859]
  • Hypena minualis Guenée, 1854
  • Hypena munda Warren, 1889
  • Hypena murina Walker, 1862
  • Hypena pyralalis Walker, 1862
  • Hypena securalis Guenée, 1854
  • Hypena subidalis Guenée, 1854
  • Hypena turalis Schaus, 1904
  • Hypena veltalis Schaus, 1904

Euteliidae

  • Eutelia albilinea Barbut, 2021
  • Eutelia auratrix (Walker, 1858)
  • Eutelia biangulata Barbut & Lalanne-Cassou, 2005
  • Eutelia jaguaria Jones, 1915(Parana)
  • Eutelia maryna Schaus, 1934 (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Marathyssa angustipennis (Schaus, 1906) (São Paulo)
  • Paectes longiformis Pogue, 2012
  • Paectes obrotunda (Guenée, 1852)
  • Paectes similis Pogue, 2013
  • Paectes sinuosa Pogue, 2013

Stictopteriinae

  • Nagara clara (Stoll, [1782]) (Amazonas)
  • Nagara fenestra (Guenée, 1852) (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Nagara vitrea (Guenée, 1852) (Para)

Lymantriinae

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

Larentiinae

  • Marialma magicaria (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)[11]

Glyphypterigidae

Gracillariidae

  • Phylloncnistis citrella (Stainton)

Heliodinidae

  • Capanica lamprolitha Meyrick, 1917
  • Copocentra calliscelis Meyrick, 1909

Limacodidae

  • Blazia antiqua (Dyar)
  • Claphidia tersula (Druce)
  • Epiperola peluda (Dognin)
  • Euclea baranda Schaus
  • Euglyphis punctata (Walker) (from Rio de Janeiro)
  • Euprosterna elaeasa
  • Isochaetes marinna (Dyar) (from Amanzonas & Goias)
  • Natada debella Dyar
  • Natada luscens (Walker)
  • Perola jargenseni Schaus, 1921
  • Perola petrapolis Dyar, 1905 (from Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo)
  • Platyprosterna elaeetta Dyar, 1905 (from Sao Paulo & Rio de Janeiro)
  • Platyprosterna pernambuconis Dyar (from Pernambuco)
  • Semyra coarctata Walker, 1855
  • Semyra incisa (Walker, 1855) (from Rio de Janeiro, Parana, Sao Paulo)
  • Semyra terminata (Walker, 1855)
  • Talima postica Walker, 1855
  • Talima rufoflava (Walker, 1855)
  • Tanadema incongrua Dyar, 1905
  • Tanadema peruviana Hering & Hopp, 1927
  • Tanadema rubra (Hering & Hopp, 1927)[15]
  • Sibine nesta

Lyonetiidae

Megalopygiddae

Momphidae / Agonoxenidae

Noctuidae

Acontiinae

[18]

  • Acontia decisa Walker, [1858]
  • Acontia micropis (Druce, 1909)
  • Acontia quadrata Walker, 1866
  • Acontia ruffinellii (Biezanko, 1959) (Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Acontia venita (Schaus, 1904)

Amphypirinae

Hadeninae

Noctuinae

Nolidae

  • Diphthera festiva (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Iscadia acronyctoides (Schaus, 1915)
  • Iscadia duckinfieldia Schaus, 1906 (from São Paulo)
  • Iscadia montei Costa Lima, 1936 (from Minas Gerais)
  • Iscadia poliopepla Hampson, 1905 (from Rio de Janeiro)
  • Gyrtonides albifascia Hampson, 1912 (from Amazon)
  • Gyrtonides fritzi Schaus, 1934 (from Santa Catarina)
  • Lepidodes pectinata Schaus, 1904
  • Lepidodes sculpta (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
  • Motya abseuzalis Walker, 1859
  • Neostictoptera amplipennis (Hampson, 1912)
  • Neostictoptera stroca (Schaus, 1906)
  • Nola panthera
  • Pardasena miochroa (Hampson, 1905)

Notodontidae

  • Americerura kalyae Becker
  • Americerura minor Becker
  • Arhacia combusta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
  • Arhacia imitata Becker, 2020
  • Eustema argentata Becker, 2020 (from Roraima)
  • Eustema dara (Druce,1894)
  • Eustema opaca (Schaus, 1921)
  • Nycterotis rhudarioides Becker, 2018 (from Brasilia, Goias)
  • Rapanodonta rapana (Jones, 1908) (from Rio Grande do Sul)
  • Ophitis mielkei Becker

Oecophoridae

Plutellidae

  • Orthiostola crotalista Meyrick, 1928
  • Orthiostola psaltria Meyrick, 1928
  • Urodus amphilocha Meyrick, 1924
  • Urodus symipiestis Mcvrick, 192^,

Psychidae

Pyralidae

Chrysauginae

Epipaschiinae

Galleriinae

  • Xenophasma albifasciata Becker
  • Xenophasma loxogramma Becker

Phycitinae

Pyralinae

Gallerinae

Pterophoridae

Saturniidae

  • Hylesia falcifera (Hübner, [1825])
  • Hylesia gracilex Dognin, 1923(from São Paulo de Olivença, Amazonas)
  • Hylesia humilis Dognin, 1923 (from São Paulo de Olivença, Amazonas)
  • Hylesia metabus Cramer, 1775
  • Hylesia munonia Schaus, 1927 (from São Paulo)
  • Hylesia nigricans Berg, 1875
  • Hylesia obtusa Dognin, 1923 (from Obidos)
  • Hylesia sorana Schaus, 1927 (from São Paulo)
  • Hylesia vespex Dognin, 1923
  • Micrattacus friburgensis Schaus, 1915 (from Nova Friburgo)

Sesiidae

Sematuridae

Sphingidae

Sphinginae

Macroglossinae

Stathmopodidae

  • Tinaegeria clitarcha Meyrick, 1921 (from Partins)
  • Tinaegeria fasciata Walker, 1856 (from Para)
  • Tinaegeria nephelozyga Meyrick, 1930
  • Tinaegeria ochracea Walker, 1856 (from Para, Colombia)
  • Tinaegeria tunicata (Meyrick, 1931)

Tineidae

(incomplete list)

Erechthiinae

Tortricidae

Uraniidae

Yponomeutidae

  • Aemylurgis xanthoclina Meyrick,1936 (from Para)
  • Lactura quadrifrenis Meyrick, 1936 (from Para, Brazil)
  • Urodus aphrogama Meyrick, 1936 (from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
  • Urodus pamporphyra Meyrick, 1936 (from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
  • Urodus procridias Meyrick, 1936 (from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)[34]

other families

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References

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