There are ãoToméandPríabout 332 known species of moth that had been recorded from São Tomé and Príncipe. 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 São Tomé and Príncipe, an island nation off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa.
Alucitidae
Alucita atomoclasta (Meyrick, 1934)
Arctiidae
Afrasura discocellularis (Strand, 1912) Afrasura hieroglyphica (Bethune-Baker, 1911) Afrasura pectinatissima Volynkin & László, 2018 Afrasura saotomensis Volynkin & László, 2018 Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793) Asura thomensis Rothschild, 1913 Cyana rufifrons (Rothschild, 1912) Disparctia thomensis (Joicey & Talbot, 1926) Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775) Podomachla apicalis Walker, 1854 Podomachla insularis (Talbot, 1929) Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cosmopterigidae
Anatrachyntis simplex (Walsingham, 1891)
Cossidae
Eulophonotus myrmeleon Felder, 1874
Eulophonotus nigrodiscalis Yakovlev, 2011
Polyphagozerra coffeae (Nietner, 1861)
Crambidae
Aethaloessa floridalis (Zeller, 1852) Agathodes thomensis Castel-Branco, 1973 Agrotera albalis Maes, 2003 Bradina itysalis Viette, 1957 Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875) Diaphana indica (Saunders, 1851 Eudonia thomealis (Viette, 1957) Glyphodes rhombalis Viette, 1957 Hyalobathra barnsalis (Viette, 1957) Pardomima martinalis Viette, 1957 Paschiodes scoparialis (Viette, 1957) Paschiodes thomealis Viette, 1957 Pseudonoorda palealis (Viette, 1957) Pyrausta zyphalis Viette, 1958 Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775) Syllepte amelialis Viette, 1957 Syllepte lagoalis Viette, 1957
Elachistidae
Ethmia spyrathodes Meyrick, 1922
Erebidae
Achaea faber Holland, 1894
Dysgonia angularis (Boisduval, 1833) Erebus walkeri (Butler, 1875) Eudocima fullonia (Clerck, 1764) Lygephila pastinum (Treitschke, 1826) Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859] Hypena strigata (Fabricius, 1794) Hypena varialis Walker, 1866
Gelechiidae
Theatrocopia roseoviridis Walsingham, 1897
Geometridae
Anoectomychus lautipars (Prout, 1927) Antitrygodes acinosa Prout, 1932 Ascotis glaucotoxa (Prout, 1927) Asthenotricha unipecten (Prout, 1915) Bathycolpodes subfuscata (Warren, 1902) Cabera nathaliae Herbulot, 1991 Cabera subalba (Warren, 1901) Chloroclystis consobrina (Warren, 1901) Cleora subcincta (Warren, 1901) Comostolopsis rubristicta (Warren, 1899) Disclisioprocta natalata (Walker, 1862) Gymnoscelis birivulata Warren, 1902 Gymnoscelis crassata Warren, 1901 Idaea insularum (Prout, 1927) Mesocolpia subcomosa Warren, 1901 Pingasa decristata Warren, 1902 Pingasa hypoleucaria (Guenée, 1862) Problepsis ochripicta Warren, 1901 Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878) Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833) Scopula quintaria (Prout, 1916) Thalassodes quadraria Guenée, 1857 Xanthorhoe tamsi D. S. Fletcher, 1963 Zamarada principis Herbulot, 1958 Zamarada tomensis Pierre-Baltus, 2005
Gracillariidae
Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)
Lasiocampidae
Stoermeriana thomensis Talbot, 1929
Lymantriidae
Crorema quadristigata Talbot, 1929
Eudasychira thomensis (Talbot, 1929)
Noctuidae
Acantuerta thomensis (Jordan, 1904) Aegocera naveli Le Cerf, 1922 Anticarsia rubricans (Boisduval, 1833) Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789) Condica pauperata (Walker, 1858) Conservula cinisigna de Joannis, 1906 Eutelia blandiatrix (Guenée, 1852) Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893) Feliniopsis gueneei (Laporte, 1973) Feliniopsis hosplitoides (Laporte, 1979) Lithacodia blandula (Guenée, 1862) Plusiopalpa dichora Holland, 1894 Trachea chlorochrysa Berio, 1937
Notodontidae
Afrocerura cameroona (Bethune-Baker, 1927)
Oecophoridae
Metachanda citrodesma (Meyrick, 1911) Stathmopoda holothecta Meyrick, 1934
Plutellidae
Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pterophoridae
Exelastis crepuscularis (Meyrick, 1909) Platyptilia infesta Meyrick, 1934 Platyptilia molopias Meyrick, 1906 Platyptilia toxochorda Meyrick, 1934 Pterophorus niveodactyla (Pagenstecher, 1900) Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Pyralidae
Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus, 1758) Endotricha altitudinalis (Viette, 1957) Endotricha tamsi Whalley, 1963 Endotricha thomealis (Viette, 1957) Endotricha viettealis Whalley, 1963 Plodia interpunctella (Hübner, 1813)