Moths of Kerala
1,428 moths on the India list have an open record placed in Kerala.
A species is in a state when it has an open record placed there: a record anyone can check online (a GBIF record, or a research-grade iNaturalist observation). Threatened: IUCN Red List Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. The sources give no endemic mark for moths yet. List of the week of 2026-11-09.
All moths of Kerala on the list (1,428)
- Abraxas crocearia
- Abraxas leucostola
- Abraxas poliaria
- Acanthoecia larminati
- Acantholipes trajecta
- Achaea janata Castor Semi-looper
- Achaea mezentia
- Achaea serva
- Acherontia lachesis Greater Death's Head Hawkmoth
- Acherontia styx Eastern Death's Head hawkmoth
- Achrosis costimaculata
- Achrosis fulvifusa
- Achrosis incitata
- Achrosis intexta
- Achrosis lithosiaria
- Achrosis rondelaria
- Achyra nudalis Orange Naked Pearl
- Acleris subtusnigra
- Acolutha pictaria
- Acontia nitidula Brixton Beauty
- Acosmeryx anceus
- Acosmeryx shervillii
- Acropteris ciniferaria
- Acropteris leptaliata
- Acropteris striataria
- Actias keralana
- Actias selene Indian Moon Moth
- Acygnatha fasciata
- Acygnatha nigripuncta
- Addaea trimeronalis
- Adisura atkinsoni
- Adisura marginalis New Pod Borer
- Adites pseudohilaris
- Adoxophyes privatana Appleleaf-curling moth
- Adrapsa ablualis
- Aedia acronyctoides
- Aegocera venulia Red Masked Noctuid moth
- Aeolanthes cyclantha
- Aergina fumosa
- Aergina hilaris
- Aethaloessa calidalis
- Aetholix flavibasalis
- Agassiziella picalis
- Agathia hemithearia
- Agathia hilarata
- Agathia laetata
- Agathia lycaenaria
- Agathodes ostentalis Coral Tree Moth
- Agnathosia nana
- Agnosia microta
- Agrioglypta eurytusalis
- Agrioglypta itysalis
- Agrioglypta zelimalis
- Agrius convolvuli Convolvulus Hawkmoth
- Agrotera barcealis
- Agrotera basinotata
- Agrotera effertalis
- Agrotera scissalis
- Agrotis biconica
- Agrotis ipsilon Ipsilon Dart Moth
- Aiteta damnipennis
- Aiteta rufoflava
- Aiteta truncata
- Alcanola speideli
- Alciphanes clavata
- Alcis nilgirica
- Almonia cristata
- Almonia truncatalis
- Aloa lactinea
- Altha nivea
- Altha subnotata
- Alucita pygmaea
- Amata bicincta
- Amata cyssea Seven-spotted Handmaiden Moth
- Amata elongata
- Amata extensa
- Amata gelatina
- Amata passalis sandalwood defoliator
- Amata phegea Nine-spotted Moth
- Ambia poritialis
- Amblychia angeronaria
- Amblychia hymenaria
- Amblychia infoveata
- Ambulyx belli
- Ambulyx matti
- Ambulyx moorei Cinnamon Gliding Hawkmoth
- Ambulyx substrigilis Dark-based Gliding Hawkmoth
- Amerila alberti Albert's Frother
- Amerila astreus white-cloaked ruby tiger moth
- Ammatho cuneonotatus
- Amphigonia hepatizans
- Amplypterus panopus mango hawkmoth
- Amyna axis Oriental Eight-spot
- Amyna natalis Ilima Moth
- Amyna punctum White Point
- Amyna stellata
- Anadevidia peponis Snake gourd semilooper
- Analyta apicalis
- Analyta diaphana
- Anania verbascalis Golden Pearl
- Anathamna megalozona
- Androlymnia emarginata
- Angonyx krishna Southern Dark-green Hawkmoth
- Anisephyra ocularia
- Anisoneura aluco
- Anoba polyspila
- Anomis figlina
- Anomis flava Tropical Anomis
- Antheraea paphia Tasar Silk Moth
- Antheua servula
- Anthozela hilaris
- Anticarsia irrorata
- Antigastra catalaunalis Sesame Leafroller
- Antimimistis attenuata
- Antimimistis cuprina
- Aphomia zelleri Twin-spot Honey
- Aplochlora vivilaca
- Apona shevaroyensis
- Aporandria specularia
- Aquita laminata
- Arasada pyraliformis
- Archernis capitalis
- Arcte coerula Ramie Moth
- Arcte taprobana
- Arctelene arcuata
- Arctelene rubricosa
- Arctornis comma
- Arctornis marginata
- Arctornis subvitrea
- Ardonis filicata
- Argina astrea crotalaria pod borer
- Argina syringa Mangina syringa
- Argyrocosma inductaria
- Argyroploce subtusnigra
- Arna bipunctapex
- Aroa cambelli
- Aroa clara
- Aroa plana
- Aroana rubra
- Arsacia rectalis
- Artaxa digramma
- Artaxa distracta
- Artena dotata White-underwing Artena
- Artena submira
- Arthroschista hilaralis
- Artigisa nigrosignata
- Artona discivitta
- Aruta puncticilia
- Asclerobia flavitinctella
- Asota canaraica Kanara Tiger Moth
- Asota caricae Tropical Tiger Moth
- Asota ficus Aganais ficus
- Asota heliconia
- Asota orbona
- Asota plaginota
- Asota plana
- Asota producta
- Asota sericea
- Asta quadrilinea
- Astygisa vexillaria
- Ataboruza divisa
- Ategumia adipalis
- Athetis erigida
- Athetis transversa
- Attacus atlas Atlas Moth
- Attacus taprobanis Sri Lankan Atlas Moth
- Attatha regalis
- Atteva fabriciella White-spotted Tube Moth
- Atteva wallengreni
- Attonda adspersa
- Aulacodes gibbosalis
- Aurana actiosella
- Autoba abrupta
- Autoba quadrapex
- Autoba versicolor
- Autocharis fessalis
- Autocharis hedyphaes
- Avatha bubo
- Avatha discolor Variegated Avatha
- Baburia chettalliensis
- Bagada malayica
- Bagada spicea
- Bamra albicola
- Bamra mundata
- Baniana semilugens
- Banisia myrsusalis Sapodilla Borer Moth
- Barasa acronyctoides
- Barsine gratiosa
- Barsochrista kishidai
- Bastilla absentimacula
- Bastilla amygdalis
- Bastilla arcuata Arcuate Passenger Moth
- Bastilla crameri
- Bastilla fulvotaenia
- Bastilla joviana
- Batracharta obliqua
- Beana terminigera
- Beara dichromella
- Beara tortriciformis
- Berta acte
- Berta chrysolineata
- Bertula abjudicalis
- Birthamoides junctura
- Biston suppressaria
- Blasticorhinus rivulosa
- Blenina chlorophila
- Blenina donans
- Bocana manifestalis
- Bocchoris inspersalis Dotted Sable
- Bocula marginata
- Borbacha pardaria
- Borbacha punctipardaria
- Bosara albitornalis
- Bosara emarginaria
- Bostra indicator
- Botyodes asialis Asian Tear Sucker
- Botyodes flavibasalis
- Bradina adhaesalis
- Bradina admixtalis
- Brenthia pavonacella Peacock Brenthia Moth
- Britha biguttata
- Britha bilineata
- Britha pactalis
- Brithys crini Lily Borer
- Brunia antica
- Burara jaina Common Orange Awlet
- Buzara onelia
- Cacyparis insolitata
- Cadarena pudoraria Purple-edged Pearl
- Caduca albopunctata
- Calamochrous medialis
- Calesia dasyptera
- Calesia fuscicorpus
- Calesia haemorrhoa
- Calletaera subexpressa
- Callidrepana argenteola
- Callidrepana patrana
- Calliteara cerigoides
- Calliteara thwaitesii
- Callopistria apicalis
- Callopistria guttulalis
- Callopistria maillardi White Tangle
- Callopistria minor
- Callopistria placodoides
- Callopistria rivularis
- Calluga costalis
- Callyna costiplaga
- Callyna jugaria
- Callyna monoleuca
- Calonola ectrocta
- Calymera confinis
- Calymera endophaea
- Calyptra eustrigata
- Calyptra minuticornis
- Cangetta albocarnea
- Cania bilinea
- Cania sericea
- Canthelea oegnusalis
- Canucha specularis
- Capulopsyche keralensis
- Carbia pulchrilinea
- Carea angulata
- Carriola fenestrata
- Casama vilis
- Cassephyra lamprosticta
- Cataclysta angulata
- Cataclysta trimacula
- Catada vagalis
- Catarhoe obscura
- Catephia linteola Tropical White Patch
- Catoria sublavaria
- Celatoxia albidisca
- Celenna festivaria
- Cephonodes hylas Pellucid Hawkmoth
- Cerynea punctilinealis
- Chabula acamasalis
- Chadisra bipars
- Chalcidica minea
- Chalcidica mineus
- Chalcidoptera appensalis
- Chalciope mygdon Triangular-striped moth
- Chamaita nympha
- Chasmina fasciculosa
- Chasmina gracilipalpis
- Chasmina judicata
- Chasmina tibialis
- Cheromettia apicata
- Cheromettia ferruginea
- Chiasmia eleonora
- Chiasmia emersaria
- Chiasmia fidoniata
- Chiasmia nora
- Chiasmia normata
- Chiasmia perfusaria
- Chiasmia pluviata
- Chiasmia triangulata
- Chiasmia xanthonora
- Chilkasa falcata
- Chilo partellus Sorghum Stem Borer
- Chilo sacchariphagus Sugar Cane Spotted Borer
- Chlorozancla falcatus
- Chlumetia transversa
- Choreutis ophiosema
- Chorodna strixaria
- Chorsia costimacula
- Chrioloba indicaria
- Chrysocraspeda abhadraca
- Chrysocraspeda faganaria
- Chrysocraspeda tristicula
- Chrysocraspeda volutaria
- Chrysodeixis acuta Tunbridge Wells Gem
- Chrysodeixis eriosoma Green Garden Looper
- Chrysodeixis taiwani
- Chrysopera combinans
- Chundana emarginata
- Chusaris retatalis
- Cigaritis ictis Common Shot Silverline
- Cirrhochrista bracteolalis
- Cirrhochrista brizoalis
- Cirrhochrista fumipalpis
- Cirrhochrista pulchellalis
- Cispia punctifascia
- Cizara sculpta
- Clanis bilineata
- Clanis titan
- Cleora acaciaria
- Cleora alienaria
- Cleora contiguata
- Cleora cornaria
- Cleora fraterna
- Cleora injectaria
- Cleora propulsaria
- Clepsis laetornata
- Cnaphalocrocis bilinealis
- Cnaphalocrocis latimarginalis
- Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Rice Leaf-roller
- Cnaphalocrocis patnalis
- Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis Lesser Rice-leafroller
- Cnaphalocrocis trebiusalis
- Cnesteboda celligera
- Coconympha iriarcha
- Collinsa acutalis
- Collitoptyx incurvata
- Comibaena attenuata
- Comibaena cassidara
- Comibaena integranota
- Comibaena quadrinotata
- Comibaena quadrinotata fuscidorsata
- Comostola cedilla
- Comostola chlorargyra
- Comostola laesaria
- Comostola meritaria
- Comostola pyrrhogona
- Condica conducta
- Condica illecta
- Conogethes punctiferalis Yellow Peach Moth
- Conogethes sahyadriensis
- Coptobasis arctalis
- Coptobasis lunalis
- Corgatha atrimargo
- Corgatha dictaria
- Corgatha tornalis
- Corgatha trichogyia
- Corymica arnearia
- Corymica deducta
- Cosmophila lyona
- Cosmophyga cortesi
- Cossus cossus Goat Moth
- Cotachena histricalis
- Cotachena pubescens
- Craspediopsis bimaculata
- Creatonotos gangis Baphomet Moth
- Creatonotos transiens Clouded Tiger Moth
- Cricula agria
- Cricula trifenestrata Cricula Silkmoth
- Crithote horridipes
- Crocidolomia pavonana Cabbage Cluster Caterpillar
- Crocidosema lantana Lantana Flower-Cluster Moth
- Cryphia deceptura
- Cryphia lichenea
- Cryphia nilgiria
- Crypsiptya coclesalis
- Cryptophasa atecmarta
- Cryptophlebia ombrodelta Macadamia Nutborer
- Cryptophlebia repletana
- Ctenoplusia albostriata Eastern Streaked Plusia
- Ctenoplusia furcifera
- Ctenoplusia indica
- Ctenoplusia tarassota
- Culladia hastiferalis
- Cultripalpa partita
- Curoba sangarida
- Cusiala boarmoides
- Cusiala raptaria
- Cyana bhatejai
- Cyana guttifera
- Cyana linatula
- Cyana peregrina
- Cyana puella Red-striped Tiger Moth
- Cyclidia dictyaria
- Cyclodes omma
- Cyclomacula dudgeoni
- Cyclophora intermixtaria
- Cyclophora obstataria
- Cyclosia latipennis
- Cyclosia papilionaris Drury's Jewel
- Cyclosiella dulcicula
- Cyclothea disjuncta
- Cydalima laticostalis
- Dactyloplusia impulsa
- Daphnis hypothous Jade Hawkmoth
- Daphnis minima
- Daphnis nerii Oleander Hawkmoth
- Darna nararia
- Dasyboarmia delineata
- Dasyboarmia subpilosa
- Dasychira grotei
- Dasychira thwaitesii
- Daulia afralis
- Delgamma pangonia
- Diacrotricha fasciola Starfruit Plume Moth
- Dialithoptera gemmata
- Diaphania bicolor
- Diaphania indica Cucumber Moth
- Diasemia accalis
- Diathraustodes leucotrigona
- Dichocrocis pyrrhalis
- Dichocrocis rigidalis
- Dichromia laesalis
- Dichromia occatus
- Dichromia pullata
- Dictyestra dissectus
- Diduga flavicostata
- Dierna patibulum
- Dinumma mediobrunnea
- Diomea lignicolora
- Diomea rotundata
- Dixoa albatalis
- Dolbina inexacta
- Doloessa ochrociliella
- Doloessa viridis
- Donda eurychlora
- Dordura aliena
- Drapetodes fratercula
- Drapetodes mitaria
- Drosophantis caeruleata
- Dudua aprobola Mango Flower Webworm
- Dudusa nobilis
- Dudusa synopla
- Dunira lunapex
- Dunira obliquilinea
- Duomitus ceramica
- Duomitus ceramicus
- Dyrzela plagiata
- Dyrzela squamata
- Dysaethria lilacina
- Dysaethria quadricaudata
- Dysallacta negatalis
- Dysgonia algira The Passenger
- Dysgonia renalis
- Dysgonia simillima
- Dysgonia stuposa
- Dysgonia torrida Jigsaw
- Dysphania militaris False Tiger Moth
- Dysphania nelera
- Dysphania palmyra
- Dysphania percota Blue Tiger Moth
- Earias cupreoviridis Cotton Green Moth
- Earias flavida
- Earias luteolaria
- Earias vittella Spotted Bollworm
- Ecliptopera dissecta
- Ecliptopera rectilinea
- Ectropis bhurmitra Burmese Engrailed Moth
- Edosa synaema
- Edosa varians Variable Fungus Moth
- Egnasia accingalis
- Egnasia ephyrodalis
- Egnasia mesotypa
- Eligma narcissus Ailanthus Defoliator
- Elophila difflualis
- Elusa cyathicornis
- Elyra albiscripta
- Emmelia marmoralis
- Endoclita malabaricus
- Endocrosis flavibasalis
- Endotricha mesenterialis
- Endotricha olivacealis
- Endotricha repandalis
- Endotricha ruminalis
- Endotricha valentis
- Enispa elataria
- Enispa minuta
- Enispa regulata
- Enispa rosellus
- Entomogramma fautrix
- Entomogramma torsa
- Eois dissimilis
- Eois grataria
- Eois lunulosa
The first 500 by name. See them on the map, with filters.
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Other species of Kerala
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