Moths of Tamil Nadu
1,362 moths on the India list have an open record placed in Tamil Nadu.
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 Tamil Nadu on the list (1,362)
- Abraxas crocearia
- Abraxas etridoides
- Abraxas fasciaria
- Abraxas leucostola
- Abraxas luteolaria
- Abraxas poliaria
- Acantholipes circumdata
- Acantholipes trajecta
- Achaea janata Castor Semi-looper
- Achaea mezentia
- Achaea serva
- Acherontia atropos Death's Head Hawkmoth
- Acherontia lachesis Greater Death's Head Hawkmoth
- Acherontia styx Eastern Death's Head hawkmoth
- Achrosis incitata
- Achrosis rondelaria
- Achyra coelatalis Graded Brown Pearl
- Achyra nudalis Orange Naked Pearl
- Acleris subtusnigra
- Acolutha pictaria
- Acolutha pulchella
- Acontia catenula
- Acontia opalinoides
- Acontia upsilon
- Aconzarba decissima
- Acosmeryx anceus
- Acosmeryx shervillii
- Acrocercops clepsinoma
- Acrocercops orbifera
- Acrocercops phaeospora
- Acrocercops prompta
- Acrocercops telestis
- Acropteris leptaliata
- Actias isis Sulawesi Moon Moth
- Actias keralana
- Actias selene Indian Moon Moth
- Actinotia polyodon Purple Cloud
- Acygnatha nigripuncta
- Addaea trimeronalis
- Adisura atkinsoni
- Adisura marginalis New Pod Borer
- Adites pseudohilaris
- Adoxophyes privatana Appleleaf-curling moth
- Adrapsa ablualis
- Aegilia describens
- Aegocera bimacula
- Aegocera venulia Red Masked Noctuid moth
- Aeolanthes cyclantha
- Aergina fumosa
- Aergina hilaris
- Aethaloessa calidalis
- Aetholix flavibasalis
- Afrida parvula
- Agassiziella picalis
- Agathia angustilimes
- Agathia carissima
- Agathia hemithearia
- Agathia hilarata
- Agathia laetata
- Agathodes ostentalis Coral Tree Moth
- Agnathosia nana
- Agnosia microta
- Agnosia orneus
- Agrioglypta eurytusalis
- Agrioglypta itysalis
- Agrioglypta zelimalis
- Agrius convolvuli Convolvulus Hawkmoth
- Agrotera barcealis
- Agrotera basinotata
- Agrotera scissalis
- Agrotis ipsilon Ipsilon Dart Moth
- Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth
- Aiteta damnipennis
- Aiteta truncata
- Albara reversaria
- Alciphanes clavata
- Alcis latifasciata
- Alcis nilgirica
- Almonia cristata
- Almonia truncatalis
- Aloa lactinea
- Altha nivea
- Altha subnotata
- Alucita pygmaea
- Amata cyssea Seven-spotted Handmaiden Moth
- Amata elongata
- Amata extensa
- Amata gelatina
- Amata passalis sandalwood defoliator
- Ambia poritialis
- Amblychia angeronaria
- Amblychia hymenaria
- Ambulyx moorei Cinnamon Gliding Hawkmoth
- Ambulyx sinjaevi
- Ambulyx substrigilis Dark-based Gliding Hawkmoth
- Amerila astreus white-cloaked ruby tiger moth
- Amerila eugenia
- Ammatho cuneonotatus
- Amphigonia hepatizans
- Amplypterus panopus mango hawkmoth
- Amraica recursaria
- Amyna axis Oriental Eight-spot
- Amyna natalis Ilima Moth
- Amyna punctum White Point
- Amyna stellata
- Anadevidia peponis Snake gourd semilooper
- Analyta apicalis
- Analyta melanopalis
- Anania verbascalis Golden Pearl
- Anathamna megalozona
- Androlymnia emarginata
- Angonyx krishna Southern Dark-green Hawkmoth
- Anisephyra ocularia
- Anoba polyspila
- Anomis figlina
- Anomis flava Tropical Anomis
- Antheraea frithi Oak Tasar Silk Moth
- Antheraea mylitta
- Antheraea paphia Tasar Silk Moth
- Antheua servula
- Anthophila orthogona
- Anticarsia irrorata
- Antigastra catalaunalis Sesame Leafroller
- Antimimistis attenuata
- Aplochlora vivilaca
- Apona plumosa
- Apona shevaroyensis
- Aporandria specularia
- Aquita laminata
- Arasada pyraliformis
- Archernis capitalis
- Arcte coerula Ramie Moth
- Arctelene arcuata
- Arctelene rubricosa
- Arctornis comma
- Arctornis marginata
- Arctornis submarginata
- Arcyophora icterica
- Argina astrea crotalaria pod borer
- Argina syringa Mangina syringa
- Argyrocosma inductaria
- Ariola coelisigna
- Arna bipunctapex
- Arna perplexa
- Aroa cambelli
- Aroana rubra
- Arsacia rectalis
- Artaxa digramma
- Artaxa distracta
- Artena dotata White-underwing Artena
- Artena submira
- Arthroschista hilaralis
- Artigisa nigrosignata
- Aruta puncticilia
- Asclerobia flavitinctella
- Ascotis selenaria Citrus Looper
- Asota canaraica Kanara Tiger Moth
- Asota caricae Tropical Tiger Moth
- Asota egens Poor Tiger Moth
- Asota ficus Aganais ficus
- Asota heliconia
- Asota paliura
- Asota plana
- Asota producta
- Asota sericea
- Asta quadrilinea
- Astygisa vexillaria
- Ataboruza divisa
- Athetis bremusa
- Athetis erigida
- Athetis thoracica
- Athetis transversa
- Attacus atlas Atlas Moth
- Attacus taprobanis Sri Lankan Atlas Moth
- Attatha ino
- Attatha regalis
- Atteva fabriciella White-spotted Tube Moth
- Attonda adspersa
- Audea stenophaea
- Aulacodes gibbosalis
- Aurana actiosella
- Autoba abrupta
- Autoba quadrapex
- Autocharis fessalis
- Autocharis hedyphaes
- Avatha bubo
- Avatha discolor Variegated Avatha
- Azygophleps pusilla
- Azygophleps scalaris
- Bagada spicea
- Bamra mundata
- Banisia fenestrifera
- Banisia myrsusalis Sapodilla Borer Moth
- Barsine gratiosa
- Barsine rufumdefecta
- Barsochrista kishidai
- Bastilla amygdalis
- Bastilla arcuata Arcuate Passenger Moth
- Bastilla crameri
- Bastilla fulvotaenia
- Bastilla joviana
- Batracharta obliqua
- Beana terminigera
- Beara dichromella
- Bellulia galsworthyi
- Berta acte
- Berta chrysolineata
- Bertula abjudicalis
- Biston strigaria
- Biston suppressaria
- Blasticorhinus rivulosa
- Blenina donans
- Blenina lichenosa
- Bocana manifestalis
- Bocchoris inspersalis Dotted Sable
- Bocchoris rotundalis
- Bocchoris tenera
- Bocula marginata
- Bombyx mori Domesticated Silkmoth
- Borbacha pardaria
- Bosara albitornalis
- Bosara emarginaria
- Bostra indicator
- Botyodes asialis Asian Tear Sucker
- Botyodes flavibasalis
- Bradina adhaesalis
- Bradina admixtalis
- Bradina atopalis
- Brana calopasa Swell moth
- Brevipecten captata
- Britha biguttata
- Britha bilineata
- Britha pactalis
- Brithys crini Lily Borer
- Brunia antica
- Burara jaina Common Orange Awlet
- Buzara onelia
- Bylazora pilicostata
- Cacochloris uvidula
- Cadarena pudoraria Purple-edged Pearl
- Cadra cautella Almond moth
- Caduca albopunctata
- Calamochrous medialis
- Calesia dasyptera
- Calesia fuscicorpus
- Calletaera postvittata
- Callidrepana patrana
- Calliteara cerigoides
- Calliteara horsfieldii Horsfield's Tussock Moth
- Calliteara thwaitesii
- Callizygaena auratus
- Callopistria apicalis
- Callopistria guttulalis
- Callopistria maillardi White Tangle
- Callopistria placodoides
- Callopistria repleta
- Callopistria rivularis
- Calluga costalis
- Callyna costiplaga
- Callyna jugaria
- Calonola ectrocta
- Caloptilia soyella
- Calymera endophaea
- Cangetta albocarnea
- Cania sericea
- Canthelea oegnusalis
- Canucha specularis
- Carea angulata
- Carriola ecnomoda
- Carriola fenestrata
- Casama vilis
- Cataclysta trimacula
- Catarhoe obscura
- Catephia linteola Tropical White Patch
- Catocala macula
- Catoria sublavaria
- Celatoxia albidisca
- Celenna festivaria
- Cephonodes hylas Pellucid Hawkmoth
- Cephonodes picus
- Cerynea punctilinealis
- Chabula acamasalis
- Chadisra bipars
- Chadisra bipartita
- Chalciope mygdon Triangular-striped moth
- Chamaita nympha
- Chamanthedon xanthopleura
- Chasmina candida
- Chasmina judicata
- Chiasmia clivicola
- Chiasmia eleonora
- Chiasmia emersaria
- Chiasmia fidoniata
- Chiasmia hebesata
- Chiasmia nora
- Chiasmia ozararia
- Chiasmia perfusaria
- Chiasmia triangulata
- Chilkasa falcata
- Chilo infuscatellus Shoot borer
- Chilo partellus Sorghum Stem Borer
- Chilo sacchariphagus Sugar Cane Spotted Borer
- Chiretolpis erubescens
- Chloridea virescens
- Chloroclystis chlorophilata
- Choreutis euclista
- Chorodna strixaria
- Chrioloba indicaria
- Chrysocraspeda abhadraca
- Chrysocraspeda faganaria
- Chrysodeixis acuta Tunbridge Wells Gem
- Chrysodeixis eriosoma Green Garden Looper
- Chrysopera combinans
- Chundana emarginata
- Chusaris retatalis
- Cigaritis ictis Common Shot Silverline
- Cigaritis meghamalaiensis
- Cirrhochrista brizoalis
- Cirrhochrista fumipalpis
- Cirrhochrista pulchellalis
- Clanis bilineata
- Clanis phalaris
- Clanis titan
- Cleora acaciaria
- Cleora alienaria
- Cleora fraterna
- Cleora injectaria
- Cleora propulsaria
- Cleora repulsaria
- Cnaphalocrocis latimarginalis
- Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Rice Leaf-roller
- Cnaphalocrocis patnalis
- Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis Lesser Rice-leafroller
- Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis Trapeze Moth
- Cnaphalocrocis trebiusalis
- Comibaena attenuata
- Comibaena cassidara
- Comibaena integranota
- Comibaena quadrinotata
- Comibaena quadrinotata fuscidorsata
- Comostola chlorargyra
- Comostola laesaria
- Comostola meritaria
- Comostola pyrrhogona
- Comostola turgescens
- Condica capensis The African
- Condica illecta
- Condylorrhiza diniasalis
- Conogethes punctiferalis Yellow Peach Moth
- Conogethes sahyadriensis
- Conservula indica
- Coptobasis arctalis
- Coptobasis lunalis
- Corcobara angulipennis
- Corcyra cephalonica Rice Moth
- Corgatha dictaria
- Corgatha tornalis
- Corgatha trichogyia
- Corymica arnearia
- Corymica deducta
- Cosmoclostis pesseuta
- Cosmophila lyona
- Cotachena pubescens
- Craniophora fasciata
- Creatonotos gangis Baphomet Moth
- Creatonotos transiens Clouded Tiger Moth
- Cricula agria
- Cricula andrei Cricula Silkmoth
- Cricula trifenestrata Cricula Silkmoth
- Crithote horridipes
- Crithote pallivaga
- Crocidolomia pavonana Cabbage Cluster Caterpillar
- Crocidolomia suffusalis
- Crocidosema lantana Lantana Flower-Cluster Moth
- Crocidosema plebejana Cotton Tipworm Moth
- Cryphia deceptura
- Cryphia lichenea
- Cryphia nilgiria
- Cryptophlebia ombrodelta Macadamia Nutborer
- Cryptothripa occulta
- Ctenoplusia albostriata Eastern Streaked Plusia
- Ctenoplusia furcifera
- Ctenoplusia indica
- Ctenoplusia limbirena Scar bank gem
- Culasta indecisa
- Culladia suffusella
- 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
- Cyclosia latipennis
- Cyclothea disjuncta
- Cydalima laticostalis
- Daphnis hypothous Jade Hawkmoth
- Daphnis minima
- Daphnis nerii Oleander Hawkmoth
- Darna nararia
- Dasyboarmia delineata
- Dasyboarmia subpilosa
- Dasychira grotei
- Dasychira thwaitesii
- Decetia subobscurata
- Derambila saponaria
- Dialithoptera gemmata
- Diaphania bicolor
- Diaphania indica Cucumber Moth
- Diasemia accalis
- Diathraustodes leucotrigona
- Dicellitis nigritula
- Dichocrocis pyrrhalis
- Dichocrocis revidata
- Dichocrocis rigidalis
- Dichromia occatus
- Dichromia pullata
- Dictyestra dissectus
- Diduga flavicostata
- Dierna patibulum
- Dierna strigata
- Digama marchali
- Dinumma mediobrunnea
- Diomea lignicolora
- Diomea rotundata
- Dixoa multipunctata
- Doloessa viridis
- Dunira obliquilinea
- Dyrzela plagiata
- Dyrzela squamata
- Dysaethria lilacina
- Dysallacta negatalis
- Dysgonia praetermissa
- 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
- Ectropis pais
- Edosa synaema
- Edosa varians Variable Fungus Moth
- Egnasia accingalis
- Egnasia ephyrodalis
- Eligma narcissus Ailanthus Defoliator
- Elophila difflualis
- Elophila melagynalis
- Elusa cyathicornis
- Emmelia binominata
- Emmelia crocata
- Emmelia marmoralis
- Emmelia sexpunctata
- Encaumaptera stigmata
- Endoclita albofasciatus
- Endoclita magnus
- Endoclita malabaricus
- Endoclita microscripta
- Endoclita viridis
- Endocrosis flavibasalis
- Endotricha mesenterialis
- Endotricha nicobaralis
- Endotricha olivacealis
- Endotricha repandalis
- Endotricha valentis
- Enispa elataria
- Enispa minuta
- Enispa regulata
- Enispa rosellus
- Enispa vinacea
- Enpinanga assamensis
- Entomogramma fautrix
- Entomogramma mediocris
- Entomogramma torsa
- Eois dissimilis
- Eois lunulosa
- Eois memorata
- Epicephala subtilis
- Epipagis miltochristalis
- Epipagis peritalis
- Epiplema fulvilinea
- Episothalma robustaria
- Episparis liturata Spotted Episparis
- Episparis tortuosalis
- Episteme adulatrix Blue-spotted Forester Moth
- Episteme latimargo
- Ercheia cyllaria
- Erebus caprimulgus
The first 500 by name. See them on the map, with filters.
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