Location of Puerto Rico

The Lepidoptera of Puerto Rico consists of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the island of Puerto Rico.

According to a recent estimate, there are about 1000 Lepidoptera species present in Puerto Rico.

Butterflies

Hesperiidae

Lycaenidae

Nymphalidae

Papilionidae

Pieridae

Moths

Nepticulidae

Tischeriidae

Tineidae

  • Antipolistes anthracella Forbes, 1933
  • Erechthias minuscula (Walsingham, 1897)
  • Ereunetis aeneoalbida Walsingham, 1897
  • Ereunetis particolor Walsingham
  • Eudarcia argyrophaea (Forbes, 1931)
  • Eudarcia tischeriella (Walsingham, 1897)
  • Haplotinea insectella (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Infurcitinea luteella Forbes, 1931
  • Infurcitinea palpella Forbes, 1931
  • Lepyrotica brevistrigata Walsingham, 1897
  • Mea incudella Forbes, 1931
  • Mea yunquella Forbes, 1931
  • Niditinea fuscella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Protodarcia plumella (Walsingham, 1892)
  • Taeniodictys sericella Forbes, 1933
  • Tinea familiaris Zeller, 1877
  • Tinea minutella (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Tinea pallidorsella (Zeller, 1877)
  • Tinea scythropiella Walsingham, 1897
  • Tineola walsinghami Busck, 1933
  • Tiquadra aeneonivella (Walker, 1864)
  • Urodus mirella Möschler, 1890
  • Xystrologa antipathetica (Forbes, 1931)

Acrolophidae

Psychidae

  • Cryptothelea nigrita (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
  • Oiketicus kirbyi Guilding, 1827

Lyonetiidae

Gracilariidae

Ethmiidae

Alucitidae

Blastobasidae

Coleophoridae

Batrachedridae

Cosmopterygidae

Oecophoridae

Gelechiidae

Anomologinae

Gelechiinae

Anacampsinae

Dichomeridinae

Glyphipterygidae

Yponomeutidae

  • Euarne obligatella Möschler, 1890
  • Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Urodus sordidata Zeller, 1877
  • Yponomeuta triangularis (Möschler, 1890)

Heliodinidae

  • Heliodines quinqueguttata Walsingham, 1897

Cossidae

Schistonoeidae

Elachistidae

Tortricidae

Chlidanotinae

Olethreutinae

  • Ancylis virididorsana (Möschler, 1890)
  • Bactra priapeia (Heinrich, 1923)
  • Bactra verutana Zeller, 1875
  • Cacocharis canofascia Forbes, 1930
  • Crocidosema calvifrons Walsingham, 1891
  • Crocidosema longipalpana (Möschler, 1891)
  • Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
  • Crocidosema unica Heinrich, 1923
  • Cydia albimaculana (Fernald, 1879)
  • Cydia fahlbergiana Thunberg, 1797
  • Dichrorampha excitana (Möschler, 1890)
  • Endothenia hebesana (Walker, 1863)
  • Epiblema strenuana (Walker, 1863)
  • Episimus argutana (Clemens, 1860)
  • Ethelgoda texanana (Walsingham, 1879)
  • Eucosma autochthones (Walsingham, 1897)
  • Gymnandrosoma aurantianum Lima, 1927
  • Gymnandrosoma desotanum (Heinrich, 1926)
  • Gymnandrosoma trachycerus Forbes, 1931
  • Olethreutes anthracana Forbes, 1931
  • Strepsicrates smithiana Walsingham, 1891

Tortricinae

Megalopygidae

Crambidae

Acentropinae

Crambinae

Evergestinae

Glaphyriinae

Musotiminae

Pyraustinae

Schoenobiinae

Scopariinae

Spilomelinae

Pyralidae

Chrysauginae

Epipaschiinae

Galleriinae

Phycitinae

Pyralinae

Limacodidae

  • Heuretes picticornis Grote & Robinson, 1868

Thyrididae

Hyblaeidae

Pterophoridae

Geometridae

Alsophilinae

  • Almodes terraria Guenée, [1858]
  • Ametris nitrocris (Cramer, 1780)

Ennominae

Geometrinae

Larentiinae

Sterrhinae

  • Acratodes intamiataria Möschler, 1890
  • Acratodes oslinaria Schaus, 1940
  • Acratodes praepeditaria Möschler, 1890
  • Acratodes virgota (Schaus, 1901)
  • Idaea curvicauda Schaus, 1940
  • Idaea fernaria (Schaus, 1940)
  • Idaea monata (Forbes, [1947])
  • Idaea placitaria Schaus, 1940
  • Leptostales crossii (Hulst, 1900)
  • Leptostales oblinataria (Möschler, 1890)
  • Leptostales pannaria (Guenée, [1858])
  • Leptostales phorcaria (Guenée, [1858])
  • Lobocleta dativaria Schaus, 1940
  • Lobocleta maricaria Schaus, 1940
  • Lobocleta monogrammata (Guenée, [1858])
  • Lobocleta mutuataria (Möschler, 1890)
  • Lobocleta perditaria (Walker, 1866)
  • Lobocleta tenellata (Möschler, 1886)
  • Pleuroprucha asthenaria (Walker, 1861)
  • Pleuroprucha molitaria Möschler, 1890
  • Pleuroprucha pyrrhularia Möschler, 1890
  • Pleuroprucha yunkearia Schaus, 1940
  • Pseudasellodes fenestraria (Guenée, 1858)
  • Ptychamalia perlata Warren, 1900)
  • Scelolophia delectabilaria (Möschler, 1890)
  • Scelolophia randaria Schaus, 1940
  • Scelolophia terminata (Guenée, 1858)
  • Scopula canularia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1870)
  • Scopula innominata Schaus, 1940
  • Scopula laresaria Schaus, 1940
  • Scopula subquadrata (Guenée, [1858])
  • Scopula umbilicata (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Semaeopus caecaria (Hübner, [1823])
  • Semaeopus malefidaria (Möschler, 1890)
  • Semaeopus perletaria Möschler, 1890
  • Tricentrogyna floridora Schaus, 1940
  • Tricentrogyna vinacea (Butler, 1878)

Epiplemidae

  • Epiplema ecludaria Möschler, 1890
  • Epiplema ineptaria Möschler, 1890
  • Epiplema obvallataria Möschler, 1890
  • Letchena myrsusalis Walker
  • Nedusia excavata Möschler, 1890
  • Syngria ramosaria Möschler, 1890
  • Syngria reticularia Möschler, 1890
  • Trotorhombia metachromata (Walker, 1861)

Sphingidae

Notodontidae

Erebidae

Herminiinae

Hypeninae

Rivulinae

Phytometrinae

Calpinae

  • Adiopa disgrega (Möschler, 1890)
  • Eudocima serpentinfera (Walker, [1858])
  • Gonodonta aequalis (Walker, 1857)
  • Gonodonta bidens Geyer, 1832
  • Gonodonta clotilda (Stoll, [1790])
  • Gonodonta incurva (Sepp, [1840])
  • Gonodonta nitidimacula Guenée, 1852
  • Gonodonta sicheas (Cramer, [1777])
  • Gonodonta uxoria (Cramer, 1780)
  • Graphigona regina (Guenée, 1852)
  • Hemicephalis characteria (Stoll, [1790])
  • Hemicephalis krugii Möschler, 1890
  • Oraesia excitans Walker, [1858]
  • Parachabora abydas (Herrich-Schäffer, [1869])
  • Pararcte schneideriana (Stoll, 1782)
  • Plusiodonta thomae Guenée, 1852
  • Pseudyrias watsoni Schaus, 1940

Hypenodinae

Scoliopteryginae

Eulepidotinae

Anobinae

Erebinae

Eublemminae

Arctiinae

Euteliidae

Nolidae

Noctuidae

Plusiinae

Bagisarinae

Cydosiinae

Eustrotiinae

Acontiinae

Diphtherinae

Acronictinae

  • Agriopodes jucundella Dyar, 1922

Amphipyrinae

Oncocnemidinae

Agaristinae

  • Caularis undulans Walker, [1858]
  • Micrathetis triplex (Walker, 1857)
  • Neotuerta sabulosa (Felder, 1874)

Condicinae

Heliothinae

Eriopinae

Noctuinae

References

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