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List of moths of São Tomé and Príncipe

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Location of São Tomé and Príncipe

There are about 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

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Arctiidae

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Cosmopterigidae

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Cossidae

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Crambidae

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Elachistidae

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Erebidae

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Gelechiidae

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Geometridae

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Gracillariidae

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Lasiocampidae

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Lymantriidae

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Noctuidae

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Notodontidae

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Oecophoridae

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Plutellidae

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Pterophoridae

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Pyralidae

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Saturniidae

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Sphingidae

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Tineidae

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Tortricidae

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Uraniidae

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Zygaenidae

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References

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  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.