List of moths of Brazil

Last updated January 28, 2025

Adelidae

Ceromitia exalbata Meyrick, 1921
Ceromitia ochrodyta Meyrick, 1921
Ceromitia sciographa Meyrick, 1921

Agonoxenidae

Microlona transennata Meyrick, 1922
Palaeomystis chalcopeda Meyrick, 1931
Pammeces crocoxysta Meyrick, 1922
Prochola agypsota Meyrick, 1922
Prochola basichlora Meyrick, 1922
Prochola catacentra Meyrick, 1922
Prochola chalcothorax Meyrick, 1932
Prochola chloropis Meyrick, 1922
Prochola ochromicta Meyrick, 1922
Prochola orphnopa Meyrick, 1922
Prochola orthobasis Meyrick, 1922
Prochola pervallata Meyrick, 1922
Prochola prasophanes Meyrick, 1922
Prochola semialbata Meyrick, 1922
Prochola subtincta Meyrick, 1922
Zaratha macrocera (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Zaratha pterodactylella Walker, 1864

Arrhenophanidae

Arrhenophanes volcanica Walsingham (Amazonas)
Arrhenophanes perspicilla (Stoll, 1790)
Cnissostages oleagina Zeller, 1863
Dysoptus argus Davis, 2003 (Para, French Guyana, Venezuela)
Dysoptus avittus Davis, 2003 (Santa Catarina)
Dysoptus chiquitus (Busck, 1914)
Dysoptus denticulatus Davis, 2003
Dysoptus pentalobus Davis, 2003 (Espirito Santo)^[1]

Cecidosidae

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

Depressariidae

Macrocirca moseri Becker, 2023 (southern Brazil)^[2]
Macrocirca strabo (Meyrick, 1931)

Elachistidae

Orthiostola citharoeda Meyrick, 1928
Orthiostola tympanista Meyrick, 1928

Glyphypterigidae

Antispastis clarkei Pastrana, 1951^[3]
Antispastis selectella (Walker, 1863)
Cotaena mediana Walker, 1864
Cotaena magnifica Sohn & Heppner, 2015
Cotaena tchalla Sohn & Heppner, 2015^[4]
Sagalassa valida Walker, 1856^[5]

Lyonetiidae

Lyonetia iphigenia Meyrick, 1932
Perileucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Méneville, 1842)

Nolidae

Diphthera festiva (Fabricius, 1775)
Lepidodes pectinata Schaus, 1904
Lepidodes sculpta (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)

Oecophoridae

Capanica triphracta Meyrick, 1922
Coptotelia bipunctalis (Warren) ^[6]
Ectaga garcia
Endrosis braziliensis Moore, 1883 (Sao Paulo)
Gonionota argopleura Gates, 1971
Gonionota autocrena (Meyrick, 1930)
Gonionota bourquini Clarke 1964
Gonionota captans (Meyrick,1931)
Gonionota citronota (Meyrick) 1932
Gonionota charagma Gates, 1971
Gonionota gaiophanes Gates, 1971
Gonionota hemiglypta Gates, 1971
Gonionota isodryas (Meyrick 1921)
Gonionota lecithitis (Meyrick) 1912
Gonionota praeclivis (Meyrick) 1921,
Gonionota selene Gates, 1971
Gonionota transversa Gates, 1971
Inga ancorata
Inga corystes
Inga phaeocrossa
Inga haemataula
Inga encamina
Percnarcha strategica Meyrick, 1930
Stenoma abductella (Walker, 1864)
Stenoma acontiella (Walker, 1864)
Stenoma adulans Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma albida (Walker, 1864)
Stenoma alligans (Butler, 1877)
Stenoma ancillaris Meyrick, 1916
Stenoma annosa (Butler, 1877)
Stenoma aphrophanes Meyrick, 1929
Stenoma aplytopis Meyrick, 1930
Stenoma armata (Zeller, 1877)
Stenoma auricoma Meyrick, 1930
Stenoma bathyntis Meyrick, 1931
Stenoma biannulata Meyrick, 1930
Stenoma bryocosma Meyrick, 1916
Stenoma byssina (Zeller, 1855)
Stenoma caesarea Meyrick, 1915
Stenoma camptospila Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma cana (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Stenoma catenifer Walsingham, 1912
Stenoma cathosiota Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma chionogramma (Meyrick, 1909)
Stenoma chloroloba Meyrick, 1915
Stenoma chloroxantha Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma chromatopa Meyrick, 1930
Stenoma codicata Meyrick, 1916
Stenoma commutata (Meyrick, 1926) (from Manaus)
Stenoma completella (Walker, 1864)
Stenoma coniophaea Meyrick, 1930 (Tapertinha, Para)
Stenoma consociella (Walker, 1864)
Stenoma conveniens Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma convexicostata (Zeller, 1877)
Stenoma crypsastra Meyrick, 1915 (from Manaus)
Stenoma curtipennis (Butler, 1877) (from Rio Purus)
Stenoma cycnographa Meyrick, 1930 (from Taperinha, Para)
Stenoma decora (Zeller, 1854)
Stenoma deltomis Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma dilinopa Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma dryaula Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma dryocosma Meyrick, 1918
Stenoma enumerata Meyrick, 1932
Stenoma epipacta Meyrick, 1915
Stenoma eusticta Meyrick, 1916
Stenoma evanescens (Butler, 1877)
Stenoma exempta Meyrick, 1925 (from Para)
Stenoma explicita Meyrick, 1930 (from Para)
Stenoma fallax (Butler, 1877) (Rio Negro)
Stenoma farraria Meyrick, 1915
Stenoma ferrocanella (Walker, 1864)
Stenoma flavicosta (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Stenoma fusistrigella (Walker, 1864)
Stenoma grandaeva (Zeller, 1854)
Stenoma gymnastis Meyrick, 1915
Stenoma harpoceros Meyrick, 1930
Stenoma hemiphanta Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma hesmarcha (Meyrick, 1930) (from Taperinha, Para)
Stenoma hopfferi (Zeller, 1854)
Stenoma hoplitica Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma horocharis Meyrick, 1930
Stenoma horocyma Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma hospitalis Meyrick, 1915 (from Rio de Janeiro)
Stenoma hyalocryptis Meyrick, 1930
Stenoma hypocirrha Meyrick, 1930
Stenoma icteropis Meyrick, 1925 (from Santarém)
Stenoma immunda (Zeller, 1854)
Stenoma inflata (Butler, 1877)
Stenoma invulgata Meyrick, 1915
Stenoma irascens Meyrick, 1930
Stenoma lapilella (Busck, 1914)
Stenoma latitans (Dognin, 1905) (from Sao Paulo)
Stenoma leptogma Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma lucidiorella (Walker, 1864)
Stenoma macraulax Meyrick, 1930
Stenoma melanixa Meyrick, 1912
Stenoma meligrapta Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma melinopa Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma oblita (Butler, 1877)
Stenoma obovata Meyrick, 1931
Stenoma ochrothicata Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma orneopis Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma orthographa Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma ortholampra Meyrick, 1930
Stenoma oxyschista Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma pantogenes Meyrick, 1930
Stenoma paraplecta Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma patellifera Meyrick, 193
Stenoma peccans (Butler, 1877)
Stenoma peridesma Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma picrantis Meyrick, 1930
Stenoma perjecta Meyrick, 1931
Stenoma picta (Zeller, 1854)
Stenoma plagosa (Zeller, 1877)
Stenoma procritica Meyrick, 1925 (Tefé, Amazonas)
Stenoma promotella (Zeller, 1877) (from Santarém)
Stenoma psalmographa Meyrick, 1931
Stenoma pustulatella (Walker, 1864)
Stenoma receptella (Walker, 1864)
Stenoma relata Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma residuella (Zeller, 1877)
Stenoma rhothiodes Meyrick, 1915 (from Sao Paulo)
Stenoma rosa (Busck, 1911)
Stenoma salome Busck, 1911 (from Sao Paulo)
Stenoma salubris Meyrick, 1925 (from Tefé, Amazonas)
Stenoma satelles Meyrick, 1925 (from Tefé, Amazonas)
Stenoma sciogama Meyrick, 1930 (from Bahia)
Stenoma scitiorella (Walker, 1864)
Stenoma scoliandra Meyrick, 1915
Stenoma sequestra Meyrick, 1918
Stenoma sericata (Butler, 1877)
Stenoma sesquitertia (Zeller, 1854)
Stenoma sommerella (Zeller, 1877)
Stenoma spodinopis Meyrick, 1931
Stenoma stabilis (Butler, 1877)
Stenoma staudingerana (Maassen, 1890)
Stenoma straminella (Walker, 1864)
Stenoma strigivenata (Butler, 1877)
Stenoma surinamella (Möschler, 1883)
Stenoma syngraphopis Meyrick, 1930
Stenoma trilineata (Butler, 1877)
Stenoma trirecta Meyrick, 1931
Stenoma tristrigata (Zeller, 1854)
Stenoma ulosema Meyrick, 1930 (Rio de Janeiro)
Stenoma umbrinervis Meyrick, 1930 (from Para)
Stenoma uncticoma Meyrick, 1916
Stenoma unguentata Meyrick, 1930 (from Para)
Stenoma vaga (Butler, 1877)
Stenoma vinifera Meyrick, 1915
Stenoma vita (Busck, 1911)
Stenoma vitreola Meyrick, 1925
Stenoma xanthophaeella (Walker, 1864)
Stenoma ybyrajubu Becker, 1971
Stenoma zephyritis Meyrick, 1925
Tinaegeria clitarcha Meyrick, 1921
Xestocasis lamprodoxa Meyrick, 1922

Tineidae

(incomplete list)

Acridotarsa nasutitermina (Silvestri, 1944 (?))
Acrolophus chloropelta Meyick, 1923 (from Tefé)
Acrolophus chloropelta Meyrick, 1923
Acrolophus goniocentra Meyrick, 1923
Acrolophus hypophaea Meyrick, 1923
Acrolophus practica Meyrick, 1913
Acrolophus pseudonoma Meyrick, 1922 (from Tefé)
Acrolophus setiacma Meyrick, 1923 (from Manaus)
Antipolistes anthracella Forbes, 1933
Atticonviva melichrosta (Meyrick, 1922)
Axiagasta stactogramma Meyrick, 1930
Basanasca parcens Meyrick, 1922
Barymochtha entherastis Meyrick, 1922 (from Manaus)
Brithyceros dichroanthes Meyrick, 1932
Clinograptis ogmodes Meyrick, 1932
Colpocrita diptila Meyrick, 1930
Compsocrita florens Meyrick, 1922
Crepidochares subtigrina Meyrick, 1922 (from Paratins)
Diataga brasiliensis (Zagulajev, 1966) (Rio Grande do Sul)
Diataga leptosceles Walsingham, 1914
Diataga frustraminis Robinson, 1986^[7]
Dryadaula discatella (Walker, 1864)
Episyrta protonistis Meyrick, 1930
Harmaclona cossidella Busck, 1914
Harmaclona tetracantha Davis, 1998
Harmaclona triacantha Davis, 1998^[8]
Lindera baliopa Meyrick, 1917
Lindera onychias Meyrick, 1931
Lithopsaestis mixophanes Meyrick, 1932
Miniscardia minimella (Busck, 1914) (Panama, French Guyana, Brazil)
Myrmecozela retinens Meyrick, 1919
Mythoplastis chalcochra Meyrick, 1931
Moscardia renitens (Meyrick, 1922)
Opogona rhynchacma Meyrick, 1920
Opogona sacchari (Bojer, 1856)
Pachydyta clitozona Meyrick, 1922 (from Para)
Panthytarcha astrocharis Meyrick, 1922
Pedaliotis dryograpta Meyrick, 1930
Perilicmetis diplaca Meyrick, 1932
Phereoeca uterella (Walsingham, 1897)
Philonome penerivifera Sohn & Davis, 2015
Philonome spectata Meyrick, 1920 (Para)
Polypsecta halmeuta Meyrick, 1930
Praeacedes atomosella (Walker, 1863)
Scardia brasiliensis Zeller, 1863
Setomorpha rutella Zeller, 1852
Setiarcha aleuropis Meyrick, 1932
Syncraternis anthestias Meyrick, 1922 (from Paratins)
Syncraternis phaeospila Meyrick, 1922 (from Tefé)
Syrrhoaula lactirivis Meyrick, 1932 (from Manaus)
Tinea eriochrysa Meyrick, 1932 (from Obidos)
Tinea criochrysa Meyrick
Tinea caducella Zeller, 1877
Tinea murariella Staudinger, 1859
Tiquadra butyranthes Meyrick, 1931
Tiquadra crocidura Meyrick, 1922 (from Santa Catarina).^[9]
Tiquadra drapetica Meyrick, 1919
Tiquadra exercitata Meyrick, 1922 (from Santa Catarina)
Tiquadra galactura Meyrick, 1931
Tiquadra nivosa (Felder, 1875)
Tiquadra reversella Walker, 1866
Tiquadra syntripta Meyrick, 1922
Tiquadra vilis Meyrick, 1922
Trierostola remivola Meyrick, 1932
Xylesthia menidias Meyrick, 1922
Xystrologa lactirivis Meyrick, 1932
Xystrologa sympathetica (Meyrick, 1922) (from Manaus/Tefé)
Zonochares tetradyas Meyrick, 1922

Erechthiinae

Erechthias darwini Robinson, 1983
Erechthias zebrina (Butler, 1881)

Tortricidae

Episimus mahaiana (Felder & Rogenhofer)
Apotoforma epacticta Razowski & Becker, 1984 (Mato Grosso)

Yponomeutidae

Lactura quadrifrenis Meyrick, 1936
Urodus aphrogama Meyrick, 1936
Urodus pamporphyra Meyrick, 1936
Urodus procridias Meyrick, 1936

other families

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[1] Davis, 2003. A Monograph of the Family Arrhenophanidae. (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea)

[2] Becker, 2023. The taxonomic position of the Neotropical genus Macrocirca Meyrick, 1931 with new synonymy and description of one new species (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae, Depressariinae. Shilap

[3] A redescription of Antispastis clarkei Pastrana (Lepidoptera, Glyphipterigidae)

[4] Sohn & Heppner, 2015. Two New Species of Cotaena, Walker (Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae) From Brazil

[5] Dendê - Problemas E Perspectivas Na Amazônia

[6] Gates, 1971. Neotropical Microlepidoptera XIX: Notes on and New Species of Oecophoridae (Lepidoptera)

[7] Robinson, Fungus moths: a review of the Scardiinae. (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series 52 (2): 37-181

[8] Davis, 1998. World Classification of the Harmaclonmae, a New Subfamily of Tineidae (Lepidoptera: Tineoidea)

[9] Gates-Clarke. The types of Micro-Lepidoptera described by E. Meyrick, Vol.8; Pl.52

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