The Lepidoptera of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha consist of the butterflies and moths recorded from those places. According to a recent estimate, there are a total of about 120 Lepidoptera species present.
Butterflies
Lycaenidae Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)Present on Ascension Island
Nymphalidae Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764) Vanessa braziliensis (Moore, 1883) Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
Moths
Choreutidae Tebenna micalis (Mann, 1857)Present on Saint Helena
Cosmopterigidae Cosmopterix attenuatella (Walker, 1864)
Crambidae Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854) Diaphana indica (Saunders, 1851) Helenoscoparia helenensis (E. Wollaston, 1879) Helenoscoparia lucidalis (Walker, 1875) Helenoscoparia nigritalis (Walker, 1875) Helenoscoparia scintillulalis (E. Wollaston, 1879) Helenoscoparia transversalis (E. Wollaston, 1879) Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781) Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859) Herpetogramma phaeopteralis (Guenée, 1854) Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794) Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775) Udea delineatalis (Walker, 1875) Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796) Udea hageni Viette, 1952 Uresiphita polygonalis ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Zovax whiteheadii (E. Wollaston, 1879)
Elachistidae Elachista trifasciata (E. Wollaston, 1879)
Gelechiidae Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873)
Geometridae Chiasmia separata (Druce, 1883) Orthonama obstipata (Fabricius, 1794) Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767) Scopula separata (Walker, 1875)
Glyphipterigidae Glyphipterix semilunaris E. Wollaston, 1879
Gracillariidae Phyllonorycter aurifascia (Walker, 1875)
Hepialidae Eudalaca sanctahelena Viette, 1951
Lyonetiidae Leucoptera auronivea (Walker, 1875)
Noctuidae Acanthodelta janata (Linnaeus, 1758) Achaea catella Guenée, 1852 Agrotis costalis Walker, 1857 Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766) Agrotis pallidula Walker, 1875 Agrotis segetum ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) Anomis flava (Fabricius, 1775) Ascalapha odorata (Linnaeus, 1758) Caradrina atriluna Guenée, 1852 Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, 1858) Chrysodeixis dalei E. Wollaston, 1879 Condica capensis (Guenée, 1852) Condica circuita (Guenée, 1852) Craterestra subvelata (Walker, 1875) Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenée, 1852) Dimorphinoctua cunhaensis Viette, 1952 Dimorphinoctua goughensis D. S. Fletcher, 1963 Dimorphinoctua pilifera (Walker, 1857) Eudocima apta (Walker, ) Faronta exoul (Walker, 1856) Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1827) Helicoverpa helenae Hardwick, 1965 Hypena helenae Berio, 1972 Hypena masurialis (Hübner, 1825) Hypena obacerralis Walker, Hypocala rostrata (Fabricius, 1794) Leucania ptyonophora (Hampson, 1905) Lycophotia porphyrea (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Melipotis obliquivia (Hampson, 1926) Mocis punctularis (Hübner, 1808) Mythimna loreyi (Duponchel, 1827) Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1777) Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858) Peridroma goughi D. S. Fletcher, 1963 Peridroma saucia (Hübner, ) Simplicia extinctalis (Zeller, 1852) Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808) Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833) Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, ) Trichoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775) Vittaplusia vittata (Wallengren, 1856)
Oecophoridae Agonopterix goughi (Bradley, 1958) Endrosis sarcitrella (Linnaeus, 1758)Present on the Tristan da Cunha Archipelago Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Stainton, 1849) Schiffermuelleria pictipennis (E. Wollaston, 1879) Schiffermuelleria splendidula (E. Wollaston, 1879)
Plutellidae Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pterophoridae Agdistis sanctaehelenae (E. Wollaston, 1879) Hellinsia subnotatus (Walker, 1875) Megalorhipida defectalis (Walker, 1864) Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1852)
Pyralidae Anagasta kuehniella (Zeller, 1879) Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg, 1885) Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879 Homoeosoma privata (Walker, 1875) Hypargyria metalliferella Ragonot, 1888 Ocrasa nostralis (Guenée, 1854) Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus, 1758 Pyralis manihotalis Guenee, 1854 Thylacoptila paurosema Meyrick, 1885
Sphingidae Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758) Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758) Agrius cingulata (Fabricius, 1775) Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tineidae Erechthias ascensionae Davis & Mendel, 2013 Erechthias grayi Davis & Mendel, 2013 Erechthias minuscula (Walsingham, 1897) Monopis crocicapitella (Clemens, 1859) Niditinea fuscella (Linnaeus, 1758) Opogona actaeon (E. Wollaston, 1879) Opogona anticella (Walker, 1875) Opogona apicalis (E. Wollaston, 1879) Opogona atlantica (E. Wollaston, 1879) Opogona binotatella (Walker, 1875) Opogona brunneomarmorata (E. Wollaston, 1879) Opogona compositarum (E. Wollaston, 1879) Opogona congenera (E. Wollaston, 1879) Opogona divisa (E. Wollaston, 1879) Opogona fasciculata (E. Wollaston, 1879) Opogona flavotincta (E. Wollaston, 1879) Opogona helenae (E. Wollaston, 1879) Opogona helenaeoides (E. Wollaston, 1879) Opogona irrorata (E. Wollaston, 1879) Opogona niveopicta (E. Wollaston, 1879) Opogona omoscopa (Meyrick, 1893) Opogona recurva (E. Wollaston, 1879) Opogona sacchari (Bojer, 1856) Opogona scalaris (E. Wollaston, 1879) Opogona subaeneella (Walker, 1875) Opogona ursella (Walker, 1875) Opogona vilis (E. Wollaston, 1879) Phereoeca allutella (Rebel, 1892) Tinea aureomarmorata E. Wollaston, 1879 Tinea bicolor E. Wollaston, 1879 Tinea dubiella Stainton, 1857 Tinea fasciolata E. Wollaston, 1879 Tinea flavofimbriata E. Wollaston, 1879 Tinea minutissima E. Wollaston, 1879 Tinea pellionella Linnaeus, 1758 Tinea piperata E. Wollaston, 1879 Tinea pulveripennis E. Wollaston, 1879 Tinea pulverulenta E. Wollaston, 1879 Tinea subalbidella Stainton, 1867
Tortricidae Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847 Lozotaenia capensana (Walker, 1863) Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913)
Uraniidae Chrysiridia prometheus (Drapiez, 1819)
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