List of moths of the Comoros


Moths of the Comoros represent about 320 known moth species. The moths and butterflies 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

Carposinidae

Copromorphidae

Crambidae

Drepanidae

Elachistidae

Euteliidae

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

Gelechiidae

Geometridae

Immidae

Lasiocampidae

  • Phoenicladocera lajonquierei Viette, 1981

Lecithoceridae

Limacodidae

  • Macrosemyra duberneti Viette, 1980

Lymantriidae

Metarbelidae

Noctuidae

Nolidae

Notodontidae

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

Oecophoridae

  • Xenophanta ecliptis Meyrick, 1914

Psychidae

  • Oiketicus saclavus Mabille, 1890
  • ''Pseudometisa alba''

Pterophoridae

Pyralidae

Saturniidae

Sphingidae

Thyrididae

  • Hapana carcealis Whalley, 1971
  • Rhodoneura opalinula
  • Rhodoneura sordidula
  • Rhodoneura zophocrana Viette, 1957

Tineidae

Tortricidae

Uraniidae

  • Dirades comoroana Boudinot, 1982
  • Dirades theclata
  • Epiplema fletcheri Boudinot, 1982
  • Epiplema illineata Warren, 1899
  • Epiplema viettei Boudinot, 1982

Xyloryctidae