Lepidoptera: Moths
Here I have added some moth images from Cuba that kind contributors have forwarded to me, along with a few that I have taken myself. I am especially grateful to Rayner Núñez for his contribution and assistance. About 1,400 species have been described so far in Cuba and interestingly the rate of endemism, approximately 19%, is very close to that found in the butterflies on the island.
Moths from the following twenty four Superfamiles have been found in Cuba to date:
Here I have added some moth images from Cuba that kind contributors have forwarded to me, along with a few that I have taken myself. I am especially grateful to Rayner Núñez for his contribution and assistance. About 1,400 species have been described so far in Cuba and interestingly the rate of endemism, approximately 19%, is very close to that found in the butterflies on the island.
Moths from the following twenty four Superfamiles have been found in Cuba to date:
Nepticuloidea
Adeloidea
Tineoidea
Gracillarioidea
Yponomeutoidea
Gelechioidea
Alucitoidea
Pterophoroidea
Schrekensteinioidea
Urodoidea
Choreutoidea
Tortricoidea
Cossoidea
Zygaenoidea
Thyridoidea
Hyblaeoidea
Hedyloidea
Pyraloidea
Mimallonoidea
Drepanoidea
Lasiocampoidea
Bombycoidea
Geometroidea
Noctuoidea
Adeloidea
Tineoidea
Gracillarioidea
Yponomeutoidea
Gelechioidea
Alucitoidea
Pterophoroidea
Schrekensteinioidea
Urodoidea
Choreutoidea
Tortricoidea
Cossoidea
Zygaenoidea
Thyridoidea
Hyblaeoidea
Hedyloidea
Pyraloidea
Mimallonoidea
Drepanoidea
Lasiocampoidea
Bombycoidea
Geometroidea
Noctuoidea