List of moths of Mali

Location of Mali

Moths of Mali represent only 23 known moth species. The 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 Mali.

Arctiidae

  • Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
  • Amerila niveivitrea (Bartel, 1903)

Geometridae

  • Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897

Lasiocampidae

  • Cleopatrina bilinea (Walker, 1855)
  • Lasiocampa bilineata (Mabille, 1884)
  • Pallastica lateritia (Hering, 1928)
  • Streblote panda Hübner, 1822

Noctuidae

  • Abrostola confusa Dufay, 1958
  • Acontia basifera Walker, 1857
  • Acontia buchanani (Rothschild, 1921)
  • Acontia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
  • Acontia opalinoides Guenée, 1852
  • Acontia semialba Hampson, 1910
  • Heliocheilus confertissima (Walker, 1865)
  • Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
  • Hypotacha isthmigera Wiltshire, 1968
  • Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)

Psychidae

  • Acanthopsyche carbonarius Karsch, 1900

Pterophoridae

  • Hepalastis pumilio (Zeller, 1873)

Pyraloidea

Tineidae

Tortricidae

  • Cosmorrhyncha acrocosma (Meyrick, 1908)

References

  • Poltavsky, A.N., Kravchenko, V.D., Traore, M.M., Traore, S.F., Gergely, P., Witt, Th.J., Sulak, H., Beck, R.H.-T., Junnila, A., Revay, E.E., Doumbia, S., Beier, J.C. & Müller, G.C. 2018. Biodiversity and seasonality of Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) in the woody savannah belt in Mali. Israel Journal of Entomology 48 (1): 69–78. Article

See also

List of butterflies of Mali

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List of moths of Africa
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