Moths of Maharashtra
1,216 moths on the India list have an open record placed in Maharashtra.
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 Maharashtra on the list (1,216)
- Abraxas leucostola
- Acalyptris clinomochla
- Acalyptris melanospila
- Acalyptris psammophricta
- Acantholipes circumdata
- Acantholipes trajecta
- Acantholipes trimeni Trimen's Knob
- Achaea janata Castor Semi-looper
- Achaea mercatoria
- Achaea mezentia
- Achaea serva
- Acherontia lachesis Greater Death's Head Hawkmoth
- Acherontia styx Eastern Death's Head hawkmoth
- Achrosis fulvifusa
- Achrosis intexta
- Achrosis rondelaria
- Achyra coelatalis Graded Brown Pearl
- Acontia nitidula Brixton Beauty
- Acontia upsilon
- Acosmeryx anceus
- Acosmeryx shervillii
- Acrocercops anthracuris
- Acrocercops irradians
- Acrocercops mechanopla
- Acrocercops niphocremna
- Acrocercops petalopa
- Acrocercops phaeospora
- Acrocercops quadrisecta
- Acrocercops sporograpta
- Acrocercops thrylodes
- Acrocercops thylacaula
- Acropteris ciniferaria
- Actias selene Indian Moon Moth
- Actinoscelis irina
- Adisura atkinsoni
- Adisura marginalis New Pod Borer
- Aedia acronyctoides
- Aegocera bimacula
- Aegocera venulia Red Masked Noctuid moth
- Aergina fumosa
- Aergina hilaris
- Aethaloessa calidalis
- Aetholix flavibasalis
- Afrida parvula
- Agassiziella picalis
- Agathia angustilimes
- Agathia carissima
- Agathia gemma
- Agathia hemithearia
- Agathia laetata
- Agathia lycaenaria
- Agathodes ostentalis Coral Tree Moth
- Agnosia microta
- Agnosia orneus
- Agrioglypta itysalis
- Agrius convolvuli Convolvulus Hawkmoth
- Agrotera basinotata
- Agrotera scissalis
- Agrotis biconica
- Agrotis ipsilon Ipsilon Dart Moth
- Aiteta damnipennis
- Aiteta rufoflava
- Aiteta truncata
- Alcanola speideli
- Alcanola tympanistis
- Alcis nilgirica
- Allata duplius
- Aloa lactinea
- Aloa lineola
- Altha subnotata
- Amata bicincta
- Amata cyssea Seven-spotted Handmaiden Moth
- Amata elongata
- Amata extensa
- Amata huebneri Hübner's Wasp Moth
- Amata passalis sandalwood defoliator
- Ambia poritialis
- Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
- Ambulyx belli
- Ambulyx substrigilis Dark-based Gliding Hawkmoth
- Amerila astreus white-cloaked ruby tiger moth
- Amerila eugenia
- Ammatho cuneonotatus
- Amplypterus panopus mango hawkmoth
- Amraica recursaria
- Amyna axis Oriental Eight-spot
- Anadevidia peponis Snake gourd semilooper
- Analyta apicalis
- Analyta melanopalis
- Anania verbascalis Golden Pearl
- Anarsia eleagnella
- Anarsia patulella
- Anarta trifolii Nutmeg Moth
- Anathamna megalozona
- Ancylolomia japonica
- Androlymnia emarginata
- Angonyx krishna Southern Dark-green Hawkmoth
- Anigraea albomaculata
- Anisephyra ocularia
- Anoba pectinata
- Anoba polyspila
- Anomis figlina
- Anomis flava Tropical Anomis
- Anomis fulvida
- Anomis patagiata
- Anomis sabulifera Angled Gem
- Antheraea mylitta
- Antheraea paphia Tasar Silk Moth
- Antheua servula
- Anthophila orthogona
- Anticarsia irrorata
- Antigastra catalaunalis Sesame Leafroller
- Antimimistis attenuata
- Antispila micrarcha
- Antispila selastis
- Aplochlora vivilaca
- Aporandria specularia
- Aquita laminata
- Araeopteron proleuca
- Archernis capitalis
- Archips machlopis
- Archips micaceana
- Arctelene arcuata
- Arctelene rubricosa
- Arctornis comma
- Arctornis cygna
- Arctornis marginata
- Argina astrea crotalaria pod borer
- Argina syringa Mangina syringa
- Argyrocosma inductaria
- Arna bipunctapex
- Aroa clara
- Arsacia rectalis
- Artaxa digramma
- Artena dotata White-underwing Artena
- Artena submira
- Arthroschista hilaralis
- Artona discivitta
- Ascotis selenaria Citrus Looper
- Asota canaraica Kanara Tiger Moth
- Asota caricae Tropical Tiger Moth
- Asota ficus Aganais ficus
- Asota heliconia
- Asota plana
- Asota producta
- Asota sericea
- Astygisa albopunctata
- Astygisa orbapicalis
- Ataboruza divisa
- Athetis bremusa
- Athetis erigida
- Athetis transversa
- Attacus atlas Atlas Moth
- Attacus taprobanis Sri Lankan Atlas Moth
- Attatha ino
- Attatha regalis
- Atteva fabriciella White-spotted Tube Moth
- Aulacodes colonialis
- Aurana actiosella
- Autoba abrupta
- Autocharis fessalis
- Autocharis margaronialis
- Avatha bubo
- Avatha discolor Variegated Avatha
- Axylia sicca
- Azygophleps pusilla
- Azygophleps scalaris
- Bamra albicola
- Bamra mundata
- Baniana semilugens
- Banisia fenestrifera
- Banisia myrsusalis Sapodilla Borer Moth
- Barasa alopha
- Barsine rufumdefecta
- Bastilla arcuata Arcuate Passenger Moth
- Bastilla crameri
- Bastilla fulvotaenia
- Bastilla joviana
- Bastilla properata
- Beana terminigera
- Beara dichromella
- Berta chrysolineata
- Bertula abjudicalis
- Bireta longivitta
- Biston strigaria
- Biston suppressaria
- Blasticorhinus rivulosa
- Blenina lichenosa
- Bocana manifestalis
- Bocula ochrigamma
- Bocula ochrigramma
- Borbacha pardaria
- Bosara albitornalis
- Bosara emarginaria
- Bostra indicator
- Botyodes asialis Asian Tear Sucker
- Botyodes flavibasalis
- Bradina admixtalis
- Brevipecten captata
- Britha biguttata
- Brithys crini Lily Borer
- Brunia antica
- Burara jaina Common Orange Awlet
- Burara oedipodea Branded Orange Awlet
- Buzara onelia
- Cacochloris uvidula
- Cacyparis insolitata
- Cadra cautella Almond moth
- Caissa gambita
- Calamochrous medialis
- Calesia stillifera
- Calguia defiguralis
- Calindoea comparalis
- Calletaera subexpressa
- Callopistria aethiops
- Callopistria apicalis
- Callopistria latreillei Latreille's Fern Moth
- Callopistria maillardi White Tangle
- Callopistria placodoides
- Callopistria rivularis
- Calluga costalis
- Callyna costiplaga
- Callyna jugaria
- Callyna monoleuca
- Callyna siderea
- Calonola ectrocta
- Caloptilia iridophanes
- Caloptilia teleodelta
- Caloptilia trissochroa
- Calymera confinis
- Cania sericea
- Canthelea oegnusalis
- Carea angulata
- Carea obsolescens
- Carriola fenestrata
- Casama vilis
- Casminola chionobasis
- Cataclysta trimacula
- Catephia linteola Tropical White Patch
- Catocala fulminea
- Cephonodes hylas Pellucid Hawkmoth
- Cephonodes picus
- Cerynea punctilinealis
- Chabula acamasalis
- Chadisra bipars
- Chadisra bipartita
- Chaetolopha leucophragma
- Chalcidica minea
- Chalcidica mineus
- Chalciope mygdon Triangular-striped moth
- Chalcosia affinis
- Charltona kala
- Chasmina fasciculosa
- Chasmina judicata
- Cheromettia apicata
- Chiasmia eleonora
- Chiasmia elvirata
- Chiasmia emersaria
- Chiasmia fidoniata
- Chiasmia hebesata
- Chiasmia nora
- Chiasmia pluviata
- Chiasmia xanthonora
- Chilena similis
- Chilkasa falcata
- Chilo ceylonica
- Chilo sacchariphagus Sugar Cane Spotted Borer
- Chloridea virescens
- Chlorozancla falcatus
- Chlumetia transversa
- Choreutis euclista
- Chrysocraspeda abhadraca
- Chrysocraspeda conspicuaria
- Chrysocraspeda faganaria
- Chrysocraspeda olearia
- Chrysocraspeda sanguinea
- Chrysocraspeda tristicula
- Chrysocraspeda volutaria
- Chrysodeixis acuta Tunbridge Wells Gem
- Chrysodeixis eriosoma Green Garden Looper
- Chrysodeixis permissa
- Chrysopera combinans
- Chytonix nadgani
- Cigaritis ictis Common Shot Silverline
- Cirrhochrista brizoalis
- Cirrhochrista pulchellalis
- Citripestis pectinicornella
- Cizara sculpta
- Clanis bilineata
- Clanis phalaris
- Cleapa latifascia
- Cleora alienaria
- Cleora cornaria
- Cleora injectaria
- Clostera costicomma
- Cnaphalocrocis limbalis
- Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Rice Leaf-roller
- Cnaphalocrocis patnalis
- Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis Lesser Rice-leafroller
- Cnaphalocrocis trebiusalis
- Collinsa acutalis
- Collix ghosha
- Comibaena attenuata
- Comibaena cassidara
- Comibaena striataria
- Comocritis olympia
- Comostola chlorargyra
- Comostola hauensteini
- Comostola laesaria
- Comostola meritaria
- Comostola pyrrhogona
- Condica illecta
- Conogethes punctiferalis Yellow Peach Moth
- Conogethes semifascialis
- Conolophia nigripuncta
- Copromorpha efflorescens
- Coptobasis arctalis
- Coptobasis lunalis
- Corgatha semipardata
- Corgatha tornalis
- Coscinoptycha improbana Australian guava moth
- Cosmoclostis pesseuta
- Cosmophila lyona
- Craspediopsis bimaculata
- Creatonotos gangis Baphomet Moth
- Creatonotos transiens Clouded Tiger Moth
- Cretonia forficula
- Cretonia vegeta
- Cricula trifenestrata Cricula Silkmoth
- Crithote horridipes
- Crithote pallivaga
- Crypsiptya coclesalis
- Cryptothripa occulta
- Ctenoplusia albostriata Eastern Streaked Plusia
- Ctenoplusia furcifera
- Ctenoplusia limbirena Scar bank gem
- Culasta indecisa
- Culladia hastiferalis
- Cusiala raptaria
- Cyana bhatejai
- Cyana linatula
- Cyana peregrina
- Cyana puella Red-striped Tiger Moth
- Cyclodes omma
- Cyclosia latipennis
- Cyclothea disjuncta
- Cydalima laticostalis
- Daphnis hypothous Jade Hawkmoth
- Daphnis nerii Oleander Hawkmoth
- Darna nararia
- Dasyboarmia subpilosa
- Dasychira grotei
- Daulia afralis
- Decetia numicusaria
- Decetia subobscurata
- Derambila costata
- Dervishiya cadambae
- Deuterocopus planeta
- Diaphania bicolor
- Diaphania indica Cucumber Moth
- Diasemia accalis
- Diasemia reticularis Lettered China-mark
- Diasemiopsis ramburialis
- Dicellitis nigritula
- Dichelia cosmopis
- Dichocrocis festivalis
- Dichocrocis pyrrhalis
- Dichocrocis rigidalis
- Dichromia laesalis
- Dichromia pullata
- Diduga flavicostata
- Dierna patibulum
- Digama marchali
- Diomea lignicolora
- Diomea rotundata
- Dixoa albatalis
- Dolgoma angulifera
- Dolgoma xanthoma
- Donda eurychlora
- Donda ornata
- Drosophantis caeruleata
- Dudgeonea leucosticta
- Dudua aprobola Mango Flower Webworm
- Dudusa nobilis
- Dudusa synopla
- Dyrzela plagiata
- Dyrzela squamata
- Dysallacta negatalis
- Dysgonia algira The Passenger
- Dysgonia conficiens
- Dysgonia simillima
- Dysgonia stuposa
- Dysgonia torrida Jigsaw
- Dysphania nelera
- Dysphania palmyra
- Dysphania percota Blue Tiger Moth
- Earias cupreoviridis Cotton Green Moth
- Earias flavida
- Earias insulana Egyptian Bollworm
- 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
- Elusa cyathicornis
- Elyra albiscripta
- Emmelia crocata
- Emmelia marmoralis
- Emmelia sexpunctata
- Emmelina monodactyla Morning-glory Plume Moth
- Endoclita malabaricus
- Endoclita salsettensis
- Endocrosis flavibasalis
- Endotricha mesenterialis
- Endotricha repandalis
- Endotricha ruminalis
- Enispa elataria
- Enispa rosellaria
- Enispa rosellus
- Enpinanga assamensis
- Entomogramma fautrix
- Entomogramma mediocris
- Entomogramma torsa
- Eoophyla conjunctalis
- Eoophyla sejunctalis
- Epipagis olesialis
- Epiplema fulvilinea
- Episothalma robustaria
- Episparis liturata Spotted Episparis
- Episparis tortuosalis
- Episteme adulatrix Blue-spotted Forester Moth
- Episteme latimargo
- Erastroides curvifascia
- Ercheia cyllaria
- Ercheia diversipennis
- Erebus caprimulgus
- Erebus ephesperis
- Erebus hieroglyphica White-barred Owl moth
- Erebus macrops Common Owl Moth
- Eressa aperiens
- Eressa confinis Common Wasp-Moth
- Eretmocera impactella
- Ericeia eriophora
- Ericeia inangulata Sober Tabby
- Ericeia pertendens
- Erygia apicalis
- Estigena pardale
- Etanna albisecta
- Etanna breviuscula
- Eterusia aedea Red slug caterpillar
- Etiella zinckenella Gold-banded Etiella Moth
- Eublemma accedens Oriental Banner
- Eublemma amabilis
- Eublemma baccalix Lined Eublemma
- Eublemma bulla
- Eublemma cochylioides Pink-barred Eublemma
- Eublemma parva Small Marbled
- Eublemma rivula
- Eublemma roseana
- Eublemma roseonivea
- Eublemma scitula Grey Eublemma
- Eublemma semirufa
- Eublemma silicula
- Euchromia polymena Painted Handmaiden Moth
- Euchromius ocellea Belted Grass-veneer
- Euclasta vitralis
- Eucyclodes albisparsa
- Eucyclodes divapala
- Eucyclodes gavissima
- Eucyclodes picturata
- Eudocima homaena
- Eudocima hypermnestra Grape Fruit Piercer
- Eudocima materna Dot-underwing Moth
- Eudocima phalonia Common Fruit-piercing Moth
- Eudocima salaminia Green Fruit-piercing Moth
- Eulocastra excisa
- Eumelea ludovicata
- Eumeta cramerii
- Eumeta variegatus Paulownia Bagworm Moth
- Eupanacra busiris Green Rippled Hawkmoth
- Euproctis cervina
- Euproctis citrina
- Euproctis leithiana
- Euproctis lunata
- Euproctis lutea Yellow Tussock
- Eupterote bifasciata
- Eupterote crinita
- Eupterote diffusa
- Eupterote discrepans
- Eupterote flavida
- Eupterote hibisci
- Eupterote lineosa
- Eupterote mollifera
- Eupterote naessigi
The first 500 by name. See them on the map, with filters.
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Other species of Maharashtra
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