List of Lepidoptera of the Azores

An estimated 150 species of Lepidoptera, the order comprising butterflies and moths, have been recorded in the North Atlantic archipelago of the Azores.

Lycaenidae

 * Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Nymphalidae

 * Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Hipparchia azorina (Strecker, 1898)
 * Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pieridae

 * Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785)
 * Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Argyresthiidae

 * Argyresthia atlanticella Rebel, 1940
 * Argyresthia minusculella Rebel, 1940

Autostichidae

 * Oegoconia novimundi (Busck, 1915)

Bedelliidae

 * Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller, 1847)

Blastobasidae

 * Blastobasis desertarum (Wollaston, 1858)
 * Blastobasis maroccanella Amsel, 1952

Choreutidae

 * Tebenna micalis (Mann, 1857)

Coleophoridae

 * Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849

Cosmopterigidae

 * Cosmopterix pulchrimella Chambers, 1875
 * Pyroderces argyrogrammos (Zeller, 1847)

Crambidae

 * Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834)
 * Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811)
 * Eudonia interlinealis (Warren, 1905)
 * Eudonia luteusalis (Hampson, 1907)
 * Eudonia melanographa (Hampson, 1907)
 * Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
 * Mecyna asinalis (Hübner, 1819)
 * Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794)
 * Scoparia aequipennalis Warren, 1905
 * Scoparia carvalhoi Nuss, Karsholt & Meyer, 1998
 * Scoparia coecimaculalis Warren, 1905
 * Scoparia semiamplalis Warren, 1905
 * Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Udea azorensis Meyer, Nuss & Speidel, 1997
 * Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)

Epermeniidae

 * Epermenia aequidentellus (E. Hofmann, 1867)

Erebidae

 * Eublemma ostrina (Hübner, 1808)
 * Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1796)
 * Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, 1813)
 * Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1773)
 * Schrankia costaestrigalis (Stephens, 1834)
 * Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)
 * Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Gelechiidae

 * Aproaerema anthyllidella (Hübner, 1813)
 * Brachmia infuscatella Rebel, 1940
 * Chrysoesthia sexguttella (Thunberg, 1794)
 * Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873)
 * Platyedra subcinerea (Haworth, 1828)
 * Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789)

Geometridae

 * Ascotis fortunata (Blachier, 1887)
 * Costaconvexa centrostrigaria (Wollaston, 1858)
 * Cyclophora azorensis (Prout, 1920)
 * Cyclophora puppillaria (Hübner, 1799)
 * Eupithecia ogilviata (Warren, 1905)
 * Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (Haworth, 1809)
 * Nycterosea obstipata (Fabricius, 1794)
 * Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Xanthorhoe inaequata Warren, 1905

Glyphipterigidae

 * Glyphipterix diaphora Walsingham, 1894

Gracillariidae

 * Caloptilia coruscans (Walsingham, 1907)
 * Dialectica scalariella (Zeller, 1850)
 * Micrurapteryx bistrigella (Rebel, 1940)
 * Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
 * Phyllonorycter messaniella (Zeller, 1846)

Nepticulidae

 * Stigmella aurella (Fabricius, 1775)

Noctuidae

 * Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
 * Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
 * Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
 * Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenee, 1852)
 * Euplexia lucipara (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Galgula partita Guenee, 1852
 * Hadena azorica Meyer & Fibiger, 2002
 * Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808)
 * Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
 * Melanchra granti Warren, 1905
 * Mesapamea storai (Rebel, 1940)
 * Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809)
 * Noctua atlantica (Warren, 1905)
 * Noctua carvalhoi (Pinker, 1983)
 * Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Paranataelia whitei (Rebel, 1906)
 * Peridroma saucia (Hübner, 1808)
 * Phlogophora cabrali Pinker, 1971
 * Phlogophora furnasi Pinker, 1971
 * Phlogophora interrupta (Warren, 1905)
 * Phlogophora kruegeri Saldaitis & Ivinskis, 2006
 * Phlogophora meticulosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Sesamia nonagrioides Lefebvre, 1827
 * Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
 * Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
 * Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
 * Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, 1803)
 * Xestia c-nigrum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Plutellidae

 * Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Praydidae

 * Prays citri (Milliere, 1873)
 * Prays oleae (Bernard, 1788)
 * Luffia ferchaultella (Stephens, 1850)

Pterophoridae

 * Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (Hübner, 1813)
 * Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)
 * Stenoptilia meyeri Gielis, 1997
 * Stenoptilia zophodactylus (Duponchel, 1840)

Pyralidae

 * Aglossa caprealis (Hübner, 1809)
 * Apomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller, 1839)
 * Cadra cautella (Walker, 1863)
 * Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton, 1866)
 * Cryptoblabes gnidiella (Milliere, 1867)
 * Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)
 * Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879
 * Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Homoeosoma miguelensis Meyer, Nuss & Speidel, 1997
 * Homoeosoma picoensis Meyer, Nuss & Speidel, 1997
 * Phycitodes albatella (Ragonot, 1887)
 * Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813)
 * Pyralis farinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sphingidae

 * Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Stathmopodidae

 * Neomariania incertella (Rebel, 1940)
 * Neomariania oecophorella (Rebel, 1940)
 * Neomariania scriptella (Rebel, 1940)

Tineidae

 * Eudarcia atlantica Henderickx, 1995
 * Monopis crocicapitella (Clemens, 1859)
 * Niditinea fuscella (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Oinophila v-flava (Haworth, 1828)
 * Opogona omoscopa (Meyrick, 1893)
 * Opogona sacchari (Bojer, 1856)
 * Praeacedes atomosella (Walker, 1863)
 * Tenaga nigripunctella (Haworth, 1828)
 * Tinea murariella Staudinger, 1859
 * Tinea poecilella Rebel, 1940
 * Trichophaga bipartitella (Ragonot, 1892)
 * Trichophaga tapetzella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tortricidae

 * Acleris schalleriana (Linnaeus, 1761)
 * Acleris variegana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Bactra lancealana (Hübner, 1799)
 * Bactra venosana (Zeller, 1847)
 * Clavigesta sylvestrana (Curtis, 1850)
 * Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
 * Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Cydia splendana (Hübner, 1799)
 * Endothenia oblongana (Haworth, 1811)
 * Epiphyas postvittana (Walker, 1863)
 * Grapholita molesta (Busck, 1916)
 * Pandemis heparana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
 * Rhopobota naevana (Hübner, 1817)
 * Selania leplastriana (Curtis, 1831)