🦋 Family

Uraniidae

16 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Uraniidae

Lyssa zampa (Butler, 1869)

Lyssa zampa is a large uraniid moth native to tropical South and East Asia, known for mass emergences and urban light attraction.

Lyssa menoetius (Hopffer, 1856)

Lyssa menoetius is a uraniid moth native to Southeast Asia that feeds on two Omphalea species as larvae.

Urania fulgens Walker, 1854

Urania fulgens is a day-flying migratory moth of the Uraniidae family native to the Americas from Mexico to Ecuador.

Urania leilus Linnaeus, 1758

Green-banded urania (Urania leilus) is a day-flying South American uraniid moth described by Linnaeus in 1758.

Alcides metaurus Hopffer, 1856

Alcides metaurus is a species found in Queensland and around New Guinea with a 100 mm wingspan whose larvae feed on Euphorbiaceae.

Urapteroides astheniata (Guenée, 1857)

Urapteroides astheniata is a moth species with distinctive wing markings and larvae that feed on Endospermum plants.

Chrysiridia rhipheus Drury, 1773

Chrysiridia rhipheus, the Madagascar-endemic sunset moth, is a uraniine moth often mistaken for a butterfly.

Phazaca leucocera (Hampson, 1891)

Phazaca leucocera is a moth species with distinct physical trait differences between males and females.

Phazaca theclata Guenée, 1852

Phazaca theclata Guenée, 1852 is a moth species with described morphology and known larval host plants.

Phazaca interrupta Warren, 1896

Phazaca interrupta is an Australian Uraniidae moth species first described by William Warren in 1896.

Dysaethria quadricaudata (Walker, 1861)

Dysaethria quadricaudata is a moth species with distinct wing and larval features, whose larvae feed on three plant genera.

Antiplecta triangularis Warren, 1906

Antiplecta triangularis is a scoopwing moth in Uraniidae found across parts of the Americas with MONA/Hodges number 7652.

Acropteris iphiata Guenée

Acropteris iphiata is a Uraniidae moth found in East Asia, whose larvae feed on specific vine genera.

Acropteris ciniferaria (Walker, 1866)

Acropteris ciniferaria is a moth species with white-creamy wings, green caterpillars, and hosts in the genus Stephanotis.

Micronia aculeata Guenée, 1857

Micronia aculeata Guenée, 1857 is a moth with a 42–50 mm wingspan and distinctive patterned white wings.

Pseudomicronia advocataria (Walker, 1861)

Pseudomicronia advocataria is a white uraniid moth with black markings, distributed across South and East Asia.

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Noctuidae 1315 species Erebidae 1232 species Geometridae 1132 species Nymphalidae 849 species Crambidae 700 species Tortricidae 445 species Lycaenidae 426 species Hesperiidae 380 species

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