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List of moths of Mauritius

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Location of Mauritius

There are about 450 known moth species of Mauritius. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Mauritius.

Arctiidae

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Batrachedridae

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Bedelliidae

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Choreutidae

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Copromorphidae

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Cosmopterigidae

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Crambidae

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Elachistidae

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Gelechiidae

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Geometridae

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Glyphipterigidae

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Gracillariidae

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Immidae

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Lyonetiidae

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Noctuidae

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Nolidae

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Oecophoridae

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Plutellidae

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Pterophoridae

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Pyralidae

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Chrysauginae

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Galleriinae

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Phycitinae

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Pyralinae

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Sphingidae

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Thyrididae

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Tineidae

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Tortricidae

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Uraniidae

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Yponomeutidae

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References

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  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2014). "Search". Afromoths. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  1. ^ Publications du Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute Archived 2013-04-15 at archive.today
  2. ^ FAO.org - Kueffer & Mauremootoo, 2004 - Case studies on the Status of Invasive Woody plant species in the Western Indian Ocean
  3. ^ "www.gov.mu - AMAS 1997 - Integr. Control of Plutella xylostella (L.) in Mauritius" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-16. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  4. ^ [https://islandbiodiversity.com/Phelsuma28h.pdf Bippus, 2020. Records of Lepidoptera from the Malagasy region with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Noctuidae, Alucitidae, Choreutidae, Euteliidae, Gelechiidae, Blastobasidae, Pterophoridae, Tonzidae, Tineidae, Praydidae, Cosmopterigidae, Batrachedridae).]
  5. ^ - DoA factsheet on Grapholita molesta
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