Moths of the Western Ghats
1,713 moths on the India list have a GBIF record placed in the Western Ghats.
A species is in a region when a GBIF record of it is placed there (the biogeographic zones of the Wildlife Institute of India). 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 the Western Ghats on the list (1,713)
- Abraxas etridoides
- Abraxas fasciaria
- Abraxas leucostola
- Abraxas luteolaria
- Abraxas poliaria
- 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 incitata
- Achrosis intexta
- Achrosis lithosiaria
- Achrosis rondelaria
- Achyra coelatalis Graded Brown Pearl
- Achyra nudalis Orange Naked Pearl
- Acolutha pictaria
- Acontia nitidula Brixton Beauty
- Acontia opalinoides
- Acosmeryx anceus
- Acosmeryx shervillii
- Acrocercops calycophthalma
- Acrocercops clepsinoma
- Acrocercops macroclina
- Acrocercops niphocremna
- Acrocercops orbifera
- Acrocercops phaeospora
- Acrocercops prompta
- Acrocercops psaliodes
- Acrocercops scriptulata
- Acrocercops sporograpta
- Acrocercops tetradeta
- Acrocercops thylacaula
- Acrocercops triscalma
- Acrocercops vanula
- Acropteris ciniferaria
- Acropteris leptaliata
- Acropteris striataria
- Actias ningpoana Chinese Moon Moth
- Actias selene Indian Moon Moth
- Actinotia polyodon Purple Cloud
- Acygnatha fasciata
- Acygnatha nigripuncta
- Addaea trimeronalis
- Adisura atkinsoni
- Adisura marginalis New Pod Borer
- Adites pseudohilaris
- Adoxophyes privatana Appleleaf-curling moth
- Adrapsa ablualis
- Adrapsa geometroides
- Aedia acronyctoides
- Aegilia describens
- Aegocera bimacula
- Aegocera venulia Red Masked Noctuid moth
- Aeolanthes cyclantha
- Aergina fumosa
- Aergina hilaris
- Aethaloessa calidalis
- Aetholix flavibasalis
- Agassiziella picalis
- Agathia angustilimes
- Agathia gemma
- Agathia hemithearia
- Agathia hilarata
- Agathia laetata
- Agathia lycaenaria
- 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 effertalis
- Agrotera scissalis
- Agrotis biconica
- Agrotis ipsilon Ipsilon Dart Moth
- Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth
- Aiteta damnipennis
- Aiteta truncata
- Albara reversaria
- Alcanola speideli
- Alcanola tympanistis
- Alciphanes clavata
- Alcis latifasciata
- Alcis nilgirica
- Allata duplius
- Almonia cristata
- Almonia truncatalis
- Aloa lactinea
- Aloa lineola
- 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 liturata Violet Gliding Hawkmoth
- Ambulyx matti
- Ambulyx moorei Cinnamon Gliding Hawkmoth
- Ambulyx pseudoclavata
- Ambulyx sinjaevi
- Ambulyx substrigilis Dark-based Gliding Hawkmoth
- Amerila alberti Albert's Frother
- 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
- Anageshna primordialis Yellow-spotted Webworm Moth
- Analyta apicalis
- Anania verbascalis Golden Pearl
- Anarsia patulella
- Anathamna megalozona
- Ancylolomia japonica
- Androlymnia emarginata
- Angonyx krishna Southern Dark-green Hawkmoth
- Anigraea albomaculata
- Anisephyra ocularia
- Anisoneura aluco
- Anoba lunifera
- Anoba pectinata
- Anoba polyspila
- Anomis figlina
- Anomis flava Tropical Anomis
- Anomis fulvida
- Antheraea paphia Tasar Silk Moth
- Antheua servula
- Anthozela hilaris
- Anticarsia irrorata
- Antigastra catalaunalis Sesame Leafroller
- Antimimistis attenuata
- Antimimistis cuprina
- Anuga multiplicans
- Aphomia zelleri Twin-spot Honey
- Aplochlora vivilaca
- Aporandria specularia
- Aquita laminata
- Araeopteron proleuca
- Arasada pyraliformis
- Archernis capitalis
- Archigargetta viridigrisea
- Archips machlopis
- Archips micaceana
- Arcte coerula Ramie Moth
- Arcte taprobana
- Arctelene arcuata
- Arctelene rubricosa
- Arctornis comma
- Arctornis cygna
- Arctornis marginata
- Arctornis subvitrea
- Ardonis filicata
- Argina astrea crotalaria pod borer
- Argina syringa Mangina syringa
- Argyrocosma inductaria
- Ariola coelisigna
- 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
- 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 orbona
- Asota paliura
- Asota plaginota
- Asota plana
- Asota producta
- Asota sericea
- Asta quadrilinea
- Astygisa albopunctata
- Astygisa vexillaria
- Ataboruza divisa
- Ategumia adipalis
- Athetis erigida
- Athetis thoracica
- Athetis transversa
- Attacus atlas Atlas Moth
- Attacus taprobanis Sri Lankan Atlas Moth
- Attatha regalis
- Atteva fabriciella White-spotted Tube Moth
- Attonda adspersa
- Aulacodes gibbosalis
- Autoba abrupta
- Autoba quadrapex
- Autoba versicolor
- Autocharis fessalis
- Autocharis hedyphaes
- Autocharis margaronialis
- Avatha bubo
- Avatha discolor Variegated Avatha
- Azygophleps scalaris
- Baburia chettalliensis
- Bagada malayica
- Bagada spicea
- Bamra albicola
- Bamra mundata
- Baniana semilugens
- Banisia myrsusalis Sapodilla Borer Moth
- Barasa acronyctoides
- Barasa alopha
- Barsine gratiosa
- Barsine rufumdefecta
- Barsochrista kishidai
- Bastilla absentimacula
- Bastilla amygdalis
- Bastilla arcuata Arcuate Passenger Moth
- Bastilla crameri
- Bastilla fulvotaenia
- Bastilla joviana
- Batracharta obliqua
- Beana terminigera
- Beara dichromella
- Berta acte
- Berta chrysolineata
- Berta zygophyxia
- Bertula abjudicalis
- Bireta longivitta
- Birthamoides junctura
- Biston strigaria
- Biston suppressaria
- Blasticorhinus rivulosa
- Blastobasis crypsimorpha
- Blenina chlorophila
- Blenina donans
- Blenina lichenosa
- Bocana manifestalis
- Bocchoris inspersalis Dotted Sable
- Bocchoris trivitralis
- Bocula marginata
- Bombyx mori Domesticated Silkmoth
- Borbacha pardaria
- Borbacha punctipardaria
- Bosara albitornalis
- Bosara emarginaria
- Bostra indicator
- Botyodes asialis Asian Tear Sucker
- Botyodes flavibasalis
- Bradina adhaesalis
- Bradina admixtalis
- Britha biguttata
- Britha bilineata
- Britha pactalis
- Brithys crini Lily Borer
- Brunia antica
- Burara oedipodea Branded Orange Awlet
- Buzara onelia
- Bylazora pilicostata
- Cacochloris uvidula
- Cacyparis insolitata
- Cadarena pudoraria Purple-edged Pearl
- Caduca albopunctata
- Calamochrous medialis
- Calesia dasyptera
- Calesia fuscicorpus
- Calesia haemorrhoa
- Calesia stillifera
- Calindoea atripunctalis
- Calletaera subexpressa
- Callidrepana argenteola
- Callidrepana patrana
- Calliteara cerigoides
- Callopistria aethiops
- Callopistria apicalis
- Callopistria guttulalis
- Callopistria latreillei Latreille's Fern Moth
- Callopistria maillardi White Tangle
- Callopistria minor
- Callopistria placodoides
- Callopistria repleta
- Callopistria rivularis
- Calluga costalis
- Callyna costiplaga
- Callyna jugaria
- Callyna monoleuca
- Callyna siderea
- Calonola ectrocta
- Caloptilia clastopetra
- Caloptilia trissochroa
- Calymera endophaea
- Calyptra eustrigata
- Calyptra minuticornis
- Cania sericea
- Canthelea oegnusalis
- Canucha specularis
- Capulopsyche keralensis
- Carea angulata
- Carea obsolescens
- Carea parangulata
- Carea varipes
- Carriola ecnomoda
- Carriola fenestrata
- Casama vilis
- Cassephyra cyanosticta
- Cassephyra lamprosticta
- Catada vagalis
- Catarhoe obscura
- Catephia linteola Tropical White Patch
- Catocala macula
- Catoria sublavaria
- Cechenena minor
- Celatoxia albidisca
- Celenna festivaria
- Cephonodes hylas Pellucid Hawkmoth
- Cephonodes picus
- Cerynea punctilinealis
- Chabula acamasalis
- Chadisra bipars
- Chadisra bipartita
- Chalcidica minea
- Chalcidoptera appensalis
- Chalcidoptera emissalis
- Chalciope mygdon Triangular-striped moth
- Chalcosia affinis
- Chalcosia venosa
- Chamaita nympha
- Charltona kala
- Chasmina candida
- Chasmina fasciculosa
- Chasmina gracilipalpis
- Chasmina judicata
- Chasmina tibialis
- Cheromettia apicata
- Cheromettia ferruginea
- Chiasmia eleonora
- Chiasmia elvirata
- Chiasmia emersaria
- Chiasmia fidoniata
- Chiasmia hebesata
- Chiasmia nora
- Chiasmia normata
- Chiasmia ozararia
- Chiasmia perfusaria
- Chiasmia pluviata
- Chiasmia triangulata
- Chiasmia xanthonora
- Chilkasa falcata
- Chilo ceylonica
- Chilo partellus Sorghum Stem Borer
- Chilo sacchariphagus Sugar Cane Spotted Borer
- Chiretolpis erubescens
- Chloethripa chlorana
- Chloroclystis chlorophilata
- Chlorozancla falcatus
- Chlumetia transversa
- Chorodna strixaria
- Chrioloba indicaria
- Chrysocraspeda abhadraca
- Chrysocraspeda faganaria
- Chrysocraspeda olearia
- Chrysocraspeda tristicula
- Chrysocraspeda volutaria
- Chrysodeixis acuta Tunbridge Wells Gem
- Chrysodeixis eriosoma Green Garden Looper
- Chrysodeixis permissa
- Chrysodeixis taiwani
- Chrysopera combinans
- Chundana emarginata
- Chusaris retatalis
- Cigaritis ictis Common Shot Silverline
- Cirrhochrista brizoalis
- Cirrhochrista fumipalpis
- Cirrhochrista pulchellalis
- Cispia charma
- Citripestis pectinicornella
- Cizara sculpta
- Clanis bilineata
- Clanis phalaris
- Clanis titan
- Cleapa latifascia
- Cleora acaciaria
- Cleora alienaria
- Cleora contiguata
- Cleora cornaria
- Cleora fraterna
- Cleora injectaria
- Cleora propulsaria
- Clepsis laetornata
- Cnaphalocrocis bilinealis
- Cnaphalocrocis latimarginalis
- Cnaphalocrocis limbalis
- Cnaphalocrocis medinalis Rice Leaf-roller
- Cnaphalocrocis patnalis
- Cnaphalocrocis poeyalis Lesser Rice-leafroller
- Cnaphalocrocis trebiusalis
- Cnesteboda celligera
- Coconympha iriarcha
- Collitoptyx incurvata
- Collix ghosha
- Comibaena attenuata
- Comibaena cassidara
- Comibaena integranota
- Comibaena quadrinotata
- Comibaena striataria
- Comostola chlorargyra
- Comostola laesaria
- Comostola meritaria
- Comostola pyrrhogona
- Comostola turgescens
- Condica conducta
- Condica illecta
- Condylorrhiza diniasalis
- Conogethes punctiferalis Yellow Peach Moth
- Conogethes sahyadriensis
- Conogethes semifascialis
- Conolophia nigripuncta
- Conservula indica
- Copromorpha efflorescens
- Coptobasis arctalis
- Corgatha atrimargo
- Corgatha dictaria
- Corgatha tornalis
- Corgatha trichogyia
- Corymica arnearia
- Corymica deducta
- Coscinoptycha improbana Australian guava moth
- Cosmoclostis pesseuta
- Cosmophila lyona
- Cosmophyga cortesi
- Cossus cossus Goat Moth
- Cotachena histricalis
- Cotachena pubescens
- Craniophora fasciata
- Craspediopsis bimaculata
- Creatonotos gangis Baphomet Moth
- Creatonotos transiens Clouded Tiger Moth
- Cretonia forficula
- 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
- Cryphia deceptura
- Cryphia lichenea
- Cryphia nilgiria
- Crypsiptya coclesalis
- Cryptophasa atecmarta
- Cryptophlebia ombrodelta Macadamia Nutborer
- Cryptophlebia repletana
- Cryptothripa occulta
- Ctenoplusia albostriata Eastern Streaked Plusia
- Ctenoplusia furcifera
- Ctenoplusia indica
- Ctenoplusia kosemponensis
- Ctenoplusia limbirena Scar bank gem
- 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
- Cyclophora intermixtaria
- Cyclosia papilionaris Drury's Jewel
- Cyclosiella dulcicula
The first 500 by name. See them on the map, with filters.
Moths elsewhere
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