title: List of Lepidoptera of Madeira
text: # List of Lepidoptera of Madeira
  
  The Lepidoptera of Madeira consist of both the butterflies and moths recorded from the island of Madeira.
  
  According to a recent estimate, there are 324 Lepidoptera species in Madeira.
  
  ## Butterflies
  
  ### Lycaenidae
  
  * Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
  
  ### Nymphalidae
  
  * Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Hipparchia maderensis (Bethune-Baker, 1891)
  * Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus, 1764)
  * Issoria lathonia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Pararge xiphia (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Vanessa vulcania (Godart, 1819)
  
  ### Pieridae
  
  * Colias croceus (Fourcroy, 1785)
  * Gonepteryx maderensis Felder, 1862
  * Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Pieris wollastoni (Butler, 1886)
  
  ## Moths
  
  ### Autostichidae
  
  * Apatema fasciata (Stainton, 1859)
  * Dysallomima coarctella (Rebel, 1896)
  * Oecia oecophila (Staudinger, 1876)
  
  ### Bedelliidae
  
  * Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller, 1847)
  
  ### Blastobasidae
  
  * Blastobasis adustella Walsingham, 1894
  * Blastobasis bassii Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
  * Blastobasis decolorella (Wollaston, 1858)
  * Blastobasis desertarum (Wollaston, 1858)
  * Blastobasis divisus (Walsingham, 1894)
  * Blastobasis insularis (Wollaston, 1858)
  * Blastobasis lacticolella Rebel, 1940
  * Blastobasis laurisilvae Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
  * Blastobasis lavernella Walsingham, 1894
  * Blastobasis luteella Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
  * Blastobasis marmorosella (Wollaston, 1858)
  * Blastobasis maroccanella Amsel, 1952
  * Blastobasis nigromaculata (Wollaston, 1858)
  * Blastobasis ochreopalpella (Wollaston, 1858)
  * Blastobasis pica (Walsingham, 1894)
  * Blastobasis rebeli Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
  * Blastobasis salebrosella Rebel, 1940
  * Blastobasis serradaguae Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
  * Blastobasis spectabilella Rebel, 1940
  * Blastobasis splendens Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
  * Blastobasis subdivisus Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
  * Blastobasis virgatella Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
  * Blastobasis vittata (Wollaston, 1858)
  * Blastobasis walsinghami Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
  * Blastobasis wolffi Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
  * Blastobasis wollastoni Sinev & Karsholt, 2004
  
  ### Carposinidae
  
  * Carposina anopta Diakonoff, 1990
  * Carposina atlanticella Rebel, 1894
  
  ### Choreutidae
  
  * Anthophila fabriciana (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Anthophila threnodes (Walsingham, 1910)
  * Choreutis nemorana (Hübner, 1799)
  * Tebenna micalis (Mann, 1857)
  
  ### Coleophoridae
  
  * Coleophora coracipennella (Hübner, 1796)
  * Coleophora glaucicolella Wood, 1892
  * Coleophora versurella Zeller, 1849
  
  ### Cosmopterigidae
  
  * Ascalenia echidnias (Meyrick, 1891)
  * Cosmopterix attenuatella (Walker, 1864)
  * Cosmopterix pulchrimella Chambers, 1875
  * Pyroderces argyrogrammos (Zeller, 1847)
  
  ### Crambidae
  
  * Agriphila atlanticus (Wollaston, 1858)
  * Agriphila trabeatellus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848)
  * Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel, 1833)
  * Aporodes floralis (Hübner, 1809)
  * Botyodes diniasalis (Walker, 1859)
  * Cynaeda dentalis (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Diaphania indica (Saunders, 1851)
  * Diasemiopsis ramburialis (Duponchel, 1834)
  * Duponchelia fovealis Zeller, 1847
  * Euchromius cambridgei (Zeller, 1867)
  * Euchromius ocellea (Haworth, 1811)
  * Eudonia angustea (Curtis, 1827)
  * Eudonia decorella (Stainton, 1859)
  * Eudonia scoriella (Wollaston, 1858)
  * Eudonia shafferi Nuss, Karsholt & Meyer, 1998
  * Eudonia stenota (Wollaston, 1858)
  * Evergestis isatidalis (Duponchel, 1833)
  * Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781)
  * Herpetogramma bipunctalis (Fabricius, 1794)
  * Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
  * Hodebertia testalis (Fabricius, 1794)
  * Mecyna asinalis (Hübner, 1819)
  * Mecyna atlanticum (Bethune-Baker, 1894)
  * Nomophila noctuella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Palpita vitrealis (Rossi, 1794)
  * Pyrausta sanguinalis (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Trichophysetis whitei Rebel, 1906
  * Udea ferrugalis (Hübner, 1796)
  * Udea maderensis (Bethune-Baker, 1894)
  * Udea numeralis (Hübner, 1796)
  * Uresiphita gilvata (Fabricius, 1794)
  
  ### Elachistidae
  
  * Agonopterix heracliana (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Agonopterix perezi Walsingham, 1908
  * Agonopterix scopariella (Heinemann, 1870)
  * Depressaria daucella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Depressaria ultimella Stainton, 1849
  * Elachista encumeadae Kaila & Karsholt, 2002
  * Ethmia bipunctella (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Exaeretia conciliatella (Rebel, 1892)
  * Perittia carlinella (Walsingham, 1908)
  
  ### Epermeniidae
  
  * Epermenia aequidentellus (E. Hofmann, 1867)
  
  ### Erebidae
  
  * Autophila dilucida (Hübner, 1808)
  * Eublemma ostrina (Hübner, 1808)
  * Eublemma parva (Hübner, 1808)
  * Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1796)
  * Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, 1813)
  * Ophiusa tirhaca (Cramer, 1773)
  * Schrankia costaestrigalis (Stephens, 1834)
  * Scoliopteryx libatrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Tathorhynchus exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)
  * Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  ### Gelechiidae
  
  * Aproaerema anthyllidella (Hübner, 1813)
  * Bryotropha domestica (Haworth, 1828)
  * Bryotropha plebejella (Zeller, 1847)
  * Caryocolum marmorea (Haworth, 1828)
  * Caryocolum sciurella (Walsingham, 1908)
  * Chrysoesthia drurella (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Dichomeris acuminatus (Staudinger, 1876)
  * Ephysteris brachyptera Karsholt & Sattler, 1998
  * Ephysteris promptella (Staudinger, 1859)
  * Helcystogramma convolvuli (Walsingham, 1908)
  * Microlechia chretieni Turati, 1924
  * Ornativalva plutelliformis (Staudinger, 1859)
  * Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller, 1873)
  * Platyedra subcinerea (Haworth, 1828)
  * Scrobipalpa ergasima (Meyrick, 1916)
  * Scrobipalpa ocellatella (Boyd, 1858)
  * Scrobipalpa portosanctana (Stainton, 1859)
  * Scrobipalpa suaedicola (Mabille, 1906)
  * Scrobipalpa vasconiella (Rossler, 1877)
  * Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier, 1789)
  * Syncopacma polychromella (Rebel, 1902)
  * Thiotricha wollastoni (Walsingham, 1884)
  
  ### Geometridae
  
  * Ascotis fortunata (Blachier, 1887)
  * Costaconvexa centrostrigaria (Wollaston, 1858)
  * Cyclophora maderensis (Bethune-Baker, 1891)
  * Cyclophora puppillaria (Hübner, 1799)
  * Eupithecia latipennata Prout, 1914
  * Eupithecia massiliata Milliere, 1865
  * Eupithecia rosai Pinker, 1962
  * Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (Haworth, 1809)
  * Herbulotina maderae Pinker, 1971
  * Idaea atlantica (Stainton, 1859)
  * Idaea maderae (Bethune-Baker, 1891)
  * Menophra maderae (Bethune-Baker, 1891)
  * Nycterosea obstipata (Fabricius, 1794)
  * Rhodometra sacraria (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Scopula irrorata (Bethune-Baker, 1891)
  * Xanthorhoe rupicola (Wollaston, 1858)
  * Xenochlorodes magna Wolff, 1977
  * Xenochlorodes nubigena (Wollaston, 1858)
  
  ### Glyphipterigidae
  
  * Acrolepiopsis infundibulosa Gaedike & Karsholt, 2001
  * Acrolepiopsis mauli Gaedike & Karsholt, 2001
  * Acrolepiopsis vesperella (Zeller, 1850)
  * Glyphipterix diaphora Walsingham, 1894
  * Glyphipterix pygmaeella Rebel, 1896
  
  ### Gracillariidae
  
  * Caloptilia aurantiaca (Wollaston, 1858)
  * Caloptilia azaleella (Brants, 1913)
  * Caloptilia coruscans (Walsingham, 1907)
  * Caloptilia laurifoliae (M. Hering, 1927)
  * Caloptilia staintoni (Wollaston, 1858)
  * Dialectica hedemanni (Rebel, 1896)
  * Dialectica scalariella (Zeller, 1850)
  * Phyllocnistis canariensis M. Hering, 1927
  * Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, 1856
  * Phyllonorycter chiclanella (Staudinger, 1859)
  * Phyllonorycter juncei (Walsingham, 1908)
  * Phyllonorycter mespilella (Hübner, 1805)
  * Phyllonorycter messaniella (Zeller, 1846)
  * Phyllonorycter myricae Deschka, 1976
  * Phyllonorycter platani (Staudinger, 1870)
  
  ### Lyonetiidae
  
  * Leucoptera malifoliella (O. Costa, 1836)
  
  ### Nepticulidae
  
  * Stigmella atricapitella (Haworth, 1828)
  * Stigmella aurella (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Stigmella centifoliella (Zeller, 1848)
  * Trifurcula ridiculosa (Walsingham, 1908)
  
  ### Noctuidae
  
  * Acontia lucida (Hufnagel, 1766)
  * Agrotis atrux (Pinker, 1971)
  * Agrotis fortunata Draudt, 1938
  * Agrotis herzogi Rebel, 1911
  * Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
  * Agrotis rutae Rebel, 1939
  * Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808)
  * Agrotis trux (Hübner, 1824)
  * Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
  * Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Callopistria latreillei (Duponchel, 1827)
  * Caradrina clavipalpis Scopoli, 1763
  * Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, 1858)
  * Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
  * Condica capensis (Walker, 1857)
  * Cornutiplusia circumflexa (Linnaeus, 1767)
  * Ctenoplusia limbirena (Guenee, 1852)
  * Cucullia calendulae Treitschke, 1835
  * Euplexia dubiosa (Bethune-Baker, 1891)
  * Euxoa canariensis Rebel, 1902
  * Galgula partita Guenee, 1852
  * Hadena atlantica (Hampson, 1905)
  * Hadena karsholti Hacker, 1995
  * Hecatera maderae Bethune-Baker, 1891
  * Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, 1808)
  * Heliothis peltigera (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Leucania loreyi (Duponchel, 1827)
  * Luperina madeirae Fibiger, 2005
  * Mesapamea maderensis Pinker, 1971
  * Mniotype albostigmata (Bethune-Baker, 1891)
  * Mniotype inexpectata (Weidlich, 2001)
  * Mythimna serradagua Wolff, 1977
  * Mythimna vitellina (Hübner, 1808)
  * Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth, 1809)
  * Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Noctua teixeirai Pinker, 1971
  * Nyctobrya maderensis Bethune-Baker, 1891
  * Ochropleura leucogaster (Freyer, 1831)
  * Peridroma saucia (Hübner, 1808)
  * Phlogophora meticulosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Phlogophora wollastoni Bethune-Baker, 1891
  * Sesamia nonagrioides Lefebvre, 1827
  * Spodoptera cilium Guenee, 1852
  * Spodoptera exigua (Hübner, 1808)
  * Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval, 1833)
  * Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Trichoplusia ni (Hübner, 1803)
  * Xestia c-nigrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Xylena exsoleta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  ### Nolidae
  
  * Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)
  
  ### Oecophoridae
  
  * Endrosis sarcitrella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Esperia sulphurella (Fabricius, 1775)
  * Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Stainton, 1849)
  
  ### Plutellidae
  
  * Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  ### Praydidae
  
  * Prays citri (Milliere, 1873)
  * Prays friesei Klimesch, 1992
  
  ### Psychidae
  
  * Apterona helicoidella (Vallot, 1827)
  * Luffia lapidella (Goeze, 1783)
  
  ### Pterophoridae
  
  * Agdistis pseudocanariensis Arenberger, 1973
  * Agdistis tamaricis (Zeller, 1847)
  * Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (Hübner, 1813)
  * Crombrugghia laetus (Zeller, 1847)
  * Emmelina monodactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Gypsochares nielswolffi Gielis & Arenberger, 1992
  * Lantanophaga pusillidactylus (Walker, 1864)
  * Merrifieldia bystropogonis (Walsingham, 1908)
  * Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla (Scopoli, 1763)
  * Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
  
  ### Pyralidae
  
  * Achroia grisella (Fabricius, 1794)
  * Aglossa caprealis (Hübner, 1809)
  * Ancylosis convexella (Lederer, 1855)
  * Ancylosis roscidella (Eversmann, 1844)
  * Cadra cautella (Walker, 1863)
  * Cadra figulilella (Gregson, 1871)
  * Cryptoblabes gnidiella (Milliere, 1867)
  * Ematheudes punctella (Treitschke, 1833)
  * Ephestia elutella (Hübner, 1796)
  * Ephestia kuehniella Zeller, 1879
  * Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Nephopterix angustella (Hübner, 1796)
  * Neurotomia coenulentella (Zeller, 1846)
  * Pararotruda nesiotica (Rebel, 1911)
  * Pempelia lundbladi Rebel, 1939
  * Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813)
  * Pyralis farinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Raphimetopus ablutella (Zeller, 1839)
  
  ### Sesiidae
  
  * Synanthedon myopaeformis (Borkhausen, 1789)
  
  ### Sphingidae
  
  * Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Hyles livornica (Esper, 1780)
  * Hyles tithymali (Boisduval, 1834)
  * Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  ### Stathmopodidae
  
  * Neomariania rebeli (Walsingham, 1894)
  
  ### Tineidae
  
  * Ceratobia oxymora (Meyrick, 1919)
  * Monopis barbarosi (Kocak, 1981)
  * Monopis crocicapitella (Clemens, 1859)
  * Monopis henderickxi Gaedike & Karsholt, 2001
  * Monopis nigricantella (Milliere, 1872)
  * Niditinea fuscella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Oinophila v-flava (Haworth, 1828)
  * Opogona omoscopa (Meyrick, 1893)
  * Opogona sacchari (Bojer, 1856)
  * Phereoeca allutella (Rebel, 1892)
  * Praeacedes atomosella (Walker, 1863)
  * Psychoides filicivora (Meyrick, 1937)
  * Stenoptinea cyaneimarmorella (Milliere, 1854)
  * Tenaga nigripunctella (Haworth, 1828)
  * Tinea dubiella Stainton, 1859
  * Tinea murariella Staudinger, 1859
  * Tinea trinotella Thunberg, 1794
  * Tineola bisselliella (Hummel, 1823)
  * Trichophaga robinsoni Gaedike & Karsholt, 2001
  * Trichophaga tapetzella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  ### Tortricidae
  
  * Acleris variegana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Acroclita anelpista Diakonoff & Wolff, 1976
  * Acroclita guanchana Walsingham, 1908
  * Acroclita subsequana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851)
  * Aethes francillana (Fabricius, 1794)
  * Bactra lancealana (Hübner, 1799)
  * Bactra venosana (Zeller, 1847)
  * Bactra minima Meyrick, 1909
  * Cacoecimorpha pronubana (Hübner, 1799)
  * Clavigesta sylvestrana (Curtis, 1850)
  * Clepsis retiferana (Stainton, 1859)
  * Clepsis staintoni Obraztsov, 1955
  * Clepsis subcostana (Stainton, 1859)
  * Clepsis subjunctana (Wollaston, 1858)
  * Clepsis uncisecta Razowski & Wolff, 2000
  * Cochylimorpha decolorella (Zeller, 1839)
  * Crocidosema plebejana Zeller, 1847
  * Cydia archaeochrysa Diakonoff, 1986
  * Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Cydia splendana (Hübner, 1799)
  * Epinotia thapsiana (Zeller, 1847)
  * Eucosma cana (Haworth, 1811)
  * Gypsonoma minutana (Hübner, 1799)
  * Lobesia neptunia (Walsingham, 1908)
  * Platynota rostrana (Walker, 1863)
  * Rhyacionia buoliana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Selania leplastriana (Curtis, 1831)
  * Spilonota ocellana (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
  * Thiodia glandulosana Walsingham, 1908
  
  ### Yponomeutidae
  
  * Parahyponomeuta bakeri (Walsingham, 1894)
  * Zelleria oleastrella (Milliere, 1864)
  * Zelleria wolffi Klimesch, 1983
  