List of Lepidoptera of the Selvagens Islands
The Lepidoptera of the Selvagens Islands consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the Selvagens Islands (Savage Islands), a small Portuguese archipelago in the North Atlantic.
According to a recent estimate, there are 21 Lepidoptera species in the Selvagens Islands.
Butterflies
[edit]No butterflies have been recorded from the Selvagens Islands.
Moths
[edit]Crambidae
[edit]- Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
- Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794)
Noctuidae
[edit]- Abrostola canariensis Hampson, 1913
- Agrotis lanzarotensis Rebel, 1894
- Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
- Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cardepia affinis (Rothschild, 1913)
- Euxoa canariensis Rebel, 1902
- Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808)
- Heliothis peltigera (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
- Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
- Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, 1803)
Pterophoridae
[edit]- Agdistis bifurcatus Agenjo, 1952
- Agdistis salsolae Walsingham, 1908
Pyralidae
[edit]- Ancylosis roscidella (Eversmann, 1844)
Sphingidae
[edit]- Hyles livornica (Esper, 1780)
- Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tineidae
[edit]- Trichophaga bipartitella (Ragonot, 1892)
- Trichophaga robinsoni Gaedike & Karsholt, 2001
Tortricidae
[edit]- Acroclita subsequana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
- Selania leplastriana (Curtis, 1831)