Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the world. There are about 2 million species of arthropods found in the world, and still it is counting. So many new species are discover up to this time also. So it is very complicated and difficult to summarize the exact number of species found within a certain region.
The following is an incomplete list of the moths of Sri Lanka.
Moths are lepidopterans that classified together with their beautiful partners, the butterflies. The two types are easily recognized by first sight with a good naked eye. The main differences are as follows.
Within Sri Lanka, the latest revision of lepidopterans described 1903 species with 58 families of butterflies and moths. Out of these 1903 species, 208 species are butterflies and 1695 species are moths.
Alucita ischalea (Meyrick, 1905
Alucita mesolychna (Meyrick, 1907)
Alucita microscopica (Fletcher, 1910)
Alucita montigena (Fletcher, 1910)
Alucita niphostrota (Meyrick, 1907)
Alucita postfasciata Fletcher, 1910
Alucita sycophanta (Meyrick, 1906)
Alucita thapsina (Meyrick, 1905)
Alucita toxophila (Meyrick, 1906)
Alucita trachyptera (Meyrick, 1906)
Triscaedecia dactyloptera Hampson, 1905
Encrasima elaeopis Meyrick, 1916
Encrasima reversa Meyrick, 1916
Encrasima xanthoclista Meyrick, 1923
Nephantis serinopa Meyrick, 1905
Oegoconia praeramis Meyrick, 1918
Stereosticha pilulata Meyrick, 1913
Batrachedra arenosella (Walker, 1864)
Batrachedra aphypnota (Meyrick, 1917)
Batrachedra macroloncha Meyrick, 1916
Batrachedra scapulata Meyrick, 1916
Batrachedra substrata Meyrick, 1916
Batrachedra verax Meyrick, 1916
Gunda ochracea Walker, 1862
Gunda thwaitesii (Moore, 1883)
Trilocha varians (F. Walker, 1855)
Nigilgia adjectella Walker, 1863
Nigilgia anactis Diakonoff, 1982
Phycodes chionardis Meyrick, 1909
Phycodes minor Moore, 1881
Phycodes radiata (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
Phycodes taonopa Meyrick, 1909
Tetragonus catamitus Geyer, 1832
Paramorpha aulata (Meyrick)
Nosphidia paradoxa Diakonoff, 1982
Metacosmesis aelinopa Diakonoff, 1982
Metacosmesis laxeuta (Meyrick, 1906)
Coleophora crypsiphanes Meyrick, 1917
Copromorpha pleurophanes Meyrick 1905
Hemiscopis suffusalis (Walker 1866 [1865])
Hydrorybina polusalis (Walker 1859)
Hendecasis duplifascialis (Hampson, 1891)
Ptychopseustis argentisparsalis (Hampson, 1896)
Ptychopseustis fuscivenalis (Hampson, 1896)
Trichophysetis nigricincta Hampson, 1893
Lepidogma melanolopha Hampson
Macalla albifurcalis Hampson, 1916)
Macalla margarita (Butler, 1879)
Macalla nubilalis (Hampson, 1893)
Orthaga euadrusalis Walker, 1858
Salma validalis (Walker, 1866)
Teliphasa nubilosa (Moore, 1888)
Crocidolomia suffusalis (Hampson, 1891)
Crocidolomia pavonana (Fabricius, 1794)
Drosophantis caerulata (Hampson, 1893)
Noorda blitealis Walker, 1859
Heortia vitessoides (Moore 1885)
Scoparia albifusalis Hampson, 1907
Scoparia congestalis Walker, 1859
Scoparia murificalis Walker, 159
Niphopyralis albida Hampson, 1893
Niphopyralis contaminata Hampson, 1893
Niphopyralis nivalis Hampson, 1893
Odites paracyrta (Meyrick, 1905)
Odites psilotis (Meyrick, 1905)
Dudgeonea leucosticta Hampson, 1900
Epipyrops pallidipuncta Hampson, 1896
Epiricania melanoleuca (Fletcher, 1939)
Fulgoraecia poligrapha Hampson, 1910
Anoba sinuata (Fabricius 1775)
Anachrostis nigripuncta Hampson, 1893
Luceria novatusalis Walker, 1859
Schrankia croceipicta (Hampson, 1893)
Episparis varialis (Walker, 1858)
Anomis fulvida Guenée, 1852
Anomis mesogona (Walker 1858)
Anomis nigritarsis (Walker 1858)
Anomis sabulifera Guenée, 1852
Dinumma placens Walker, 1858
Tinolius eburneigutta Walker, 1855
Ethmia assamensis (Butler, 1879)
Endoclita purpurescens (Moore, [1883])
Endoclita signifer (Walker, 1856)
Palpifer taprobanus (Moore, 1887)
Hyblaea constellata Guenee, 1852
Hyblaea puera (Cramer, 1777)
Anticrates chrysantha Mehrick, 1905
Pyrozela xanthomima Meyrick, 1906
Crobylophora daricella Meyrick, 1881
Crobylophora staterias Meyrick 1905
Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Méneville, 1842)
Leucoptera onychotis Meyrick
Lyonetia leurodes Meyrick, 1915
Lyonetia praefulva Meyrick, 1911
Prytaneutis clavigera Meyrick, 1911
Bifascioides leucomelanella (Rebel, 1917)
Patanotis harmosta Meyrick, 1913
Patanotis metallidias Meyrick, 1913
Phalaritica vindex Meyrick, 1913
Ectoedemia sporadopa (Meyrick, 1911)
Stigmella polydoxa (Meyrick, 1911)
Adisura atkinsoni Moore, 1881
Ariola coelisigna Walker, 1858
Blasticorhinus
Brithys crini Fabricius, 1775
Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, [1858])
Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)
Chrysodeixis permissa (Walker, 1858)
Craniophora fasciata Moore, 1885
Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner, [1809])
Polytela gloriosae (Fabricius, 1775)
Rabila frontalis Walker, 1865
Pseudacidalia albicosta Moore, 1885
Tathodelta purpurascens Hampson, 1893
Trisula variegata Moore, 1858
Acronicta pruinosa (Guenée, 1852)
Ancara obliterans Walker, 1858
Athetis reclusa (Walker, 1862)
Athetis renalis (Moore, [1884])
Craniophora fasciata Moore, [1884]
Simyra confusa Walker, 1856
Aegocera bimacula Walker, 1854
Aegocera venulia (Cramer, [1777])
Episteme nigripennis Butler, 1875
Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893
Aucha velans Walker, [1858]
Callyna costiplaga Moore, 1885
Callyna jugaria Walker, 1858
Callyna monoleuca Walker, 1858
Iambia thwaitesii (Moore, 1885)
Cryphia postochrea (Hampson, 1893)
Bagada spicea (Guenée, 1852)
Condica dolorosa (Walker, 1865)
Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
Amyna natalis (Walker, 1859)
Amyna punctum (Fabricius, 1775)
Naranga diffusa Walker, 1865
Agrotis segetum Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Agrotis spinifera Hübner, 1808
Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel, 1766)
Diarsia ochracea (Walker, 1865)
Eurois retrahens Walker, 1856
Ochropleura plecta Linnaeus, 1761
Xestia c-nigrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trichosea champa (Moore, 1879)
Gyrtona euseuma (Prout, 1926)
Gyrtona hylusalis Walker, 1863
Lophoptera squammigera Guenée, 1852
Stictoptera describens Walker, 1857
Stictoptera cucullioides Guenée, 1852
Stictoptera trajiciens (Walker, 1857)
Poeta quadrinotata Walker, 1865
Lygephila dorsigera Walker, 1865
Acrapex hamulifera (Hampson, 1893)
Acrapex prisca (Walker, 1866)
Acria ceramitis Meyrick, 1908
Acria emarginella (Donovan, 1804)
Acria obtusella (Walker, 1864)
Eido autogramma (Meyrick, 1905)
Macrosaces thermopa Meyrick, 1905
Psaltica monochorda Meyrick, 1905
Tonica niviferana (Walker, 1864)
Plutella sera Meyrick, 1886
Cryptophycita deflanderella (Ragonot, 1893)
Emmalocera apotomella (Meyrick, 1879)
Emmalocera nigricostalis (Walker, 1863)
Guastica semilutea Walker, 1863
Coenodomus trichasema (Hampson, 1916)
Stericta divitalis (Guenée, 1854)
Saturniidae - giant silkworm and royal moths
Actias selene Paukstadt & Paukstadt, 1999 - ssp. taprobanis
Antheraea cingalesa (Moore, 1883)
Antheraea paphia Linnaeus, 1758
Attacus atlas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Attacus taprobanis (Moore, 1883)
Cricula ceylonica (Jordan, 1909)
Cricula trifenestrata Helfer, 1837
Oligophlebia nigralba Hampson, 1893
Melittia chalciformis (Fabricius, 1793)
Geoesthia ceylonica Jae-Cheon Sohn, 2014
Comocritis pieria Meyrick, 1906
Opisina arenosella Walker, 1864
Atteva fabriciella (Swederus, 1787)
Pronomeuta sarcopis Meyrick, 1905
