List of moths of Sierra Leone
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There are about 760 known moth species of Sierra Leone. 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 Sierra Leone.
Adelidae
- Nemophora parvella (Walker, 1863)
Anomoeotidae
- Anomoeotes leucolena Holland, 1893
- Anomoeotes tenellula Holland, 1893
- Anomoeotes triangularis Jordan, 1907
Arctiidae
- Acantharctia mundata (Walker, 1865)
- Afraloa bifurca (Walker, 1855)
- Afrasura hyporhoda (Hampson, 1900)
- Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864)
- Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)
- Alpenus investigatorum (Karsch, 1898)
- Alpenus maculosa (Stoll, 1781)
- Amata basithyris Hampson, 1914
- Amata divalis (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Amata francisca (Butler, 1876)
- Amata marina (Butler, 1876)
- Amata tomasina (Butler, 1876)
- Amerila brunnea (Hampson, 1901)
- Amerila leucoptera (Hampson, 1901)
- Amerila luteibarba (Hampson, 1901)
- Amerila puella (Fabricius, 1793)
- Amerila vidua (Cramer, 1780)
- Amerila vitrea Plötz, 1880
- Amsacta latimarginalis Rothschild, 1933
- Amsacta marginalis Walker, 1855
- Anapisa preussi (Gaede, 1926)
- Anapisa tristigma (Mabille, 1893)
- Apisa canescens Walker, 1855
- Argina leonina (Walker, 1865)
- Asura atricraspeda Hampson, 1914
- Balacra caeruleifascia Walker, 1856
- Balacra humphreyi Rothschild, 1912
- Binna penicillata Walker, 1865
- Binna scita (Walker, 1865)
- Caripodia albescens (Hampson, 1907)
- Caripodia metaleuca Hampson, 1900
- Caryatis phileta (Drury, 1782)
- Caryatis syntomina Butler, 1878
- Ceryx albimacula (Walker, 1854)
- Creatonotos leucanioides Holland, 1893
- Cyana basisticta (Hampson, 1914)
- Cyana delicata (Walker, 1854)
- Cyana rejecta (Walker, 1854)
- Cyana trigutta (Walker, 1854)
- Disparctia vittata (Druce, 1898)
- Eilema albidula (Walker, 1864)
- Eilema apicalis (Walker, 1862)
- Eilema monochroma (Holland, 1893)
- Epilacydes scita (Walker, 1865)
- Estigmene flaviceps Hampson, 1907
- Estigmene ochreomarginata Bethune-Baker, 1909
- Estigmene unilinea Rothschild, 1910
- Euchromia folletii (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
- Euchromia guineensis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Euchromia hampsoni Seitz, 1926
- Euchromia lethe (Fabricius, 1775)
- Meganaclia perpusilla (Walker, 1856)
- Meganaclia sippia (Plötz, 1880)
- Metarctia burra (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Myopsyche makomensis Strand, 1912
- Myopsyche notoplagia Hampson, 1898
- Neuroxena flammea (Schaus, 1893)
- Nyctemera acraeina Druce, 1882
- Nyctemera apicalis (Walker, 1854)
- Nyctemera perspicua (Walker, 1854)
- Nyctemera xanthura (Plötz, 1880)
- Oedaleosia nigricosta Hampson, 1900
- Palaeosiccia punctata Hampson, 1900
- Paralpenus flavicosta (Hampson, 1909)
- Phryganopsis cinerella (Wallengren, 1860)
- Phryganopsis flavicosta Hampson, 1901
- Pseudlepista flavicosta Hampson, 1910
- Pseudothyretes perpusilla (Walker, 1856)
- Pusiola celida (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Radiarctia lutescens (Walker, 1854)
- Rhipidarctia invaria (Walker, 1856)
- Siccia cretata Hampson, 1914
- Siccia paucipuncta Hampson, 1918
- Spilosoma affinis Bartel, 1903
- Spilosoma aurantiaca (Holland, 1893)
- Spilosoma batesi (Rothschild, 1910)
- Spilosoma curvilinea Walker, 1855
- Spilosoma immaculata Bartel, 1903
- Spilosoma occidens (Rothschild, 1910)
- Spilosoma quadrilunata (Hampson, 1901)
- Stenarctia abdominalis Rothschild, 1910
- Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878
- Trichaeta bivittata (Walker, 1864)
Brachodidae
- Nigilgia adjectella (Walker, 1863)
- Dactyloceras lucina (Drury, 1872)
Cossidae
- Phragmataecia fuscifusa Hampson, 1910
- Xyleutes lunifera (Hampson, 1910)
Crambidae
- Aethaloessa floridalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Anania epipaschialis (Hampson, 1912)
- Anania fusalis (Hampson, 1912)
- Bissetia leucomeralis (Hampson, 1919)
- Charltona albidalis Hampson, 1919
- Chilo mesoplagalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Cirrhochrista saltusalis Schaus & Clements, 1893
- Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Conotalis aurantifascia (Hampson, 1895)
- Cotachena smaragdina (Butler, 1875)
- Diptychophora minimalis Hampson, 1919
- Eporidia dariusalis Walker, 1859
- Euclasta varii Popescu-Gorj & Constantinescu, 1973
- Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker, 1859)
- Lamprosema leucographalis (Hampson, 1912)
- Lygropia amyntusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Mesolia microdontalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Metasia arida Hampson, 1913
- Obtusipalpis albidalis Hampson, 1919
- Orphanostigma fervidalis (Zeller, 1852)
- Palpita elealis (Walker, 1859)
- Patissa rufitinctalis Hampson, 1919
- Pediasia melanerges (Hampson, 1919)
- Phostria hesusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Phostria ledereralis (Strand, 1920)
- Phostria quadriguttata (Walker, 1869)
- Phryganodes biguttata Hampson, 1898
- Platytes duplicilinea (Hampson, 1919)
- Pseudocatharylla argenticilia (Hampson, 1919)
- Pycnarmon cribrata (Fabricius, 1794)
- Pycnarmon sexpunctalis (Hampson, 1912)
- Pycnarmon subpictalis (Hampson, 1912)
- Pyrausta approximalis (Guenée, 1854)
- Pyrausta phaenicealis (Hübner, 1818)
- Scirpophaga ochritinctalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775)
- Stemorrhages sericea (Drury, 1773)
- Sufetula nigrescens Hampson, 1912
- Sufetula sufetuloides (Hampson, 1919)
- Syllepte leonalis (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Syllepte torsipex (Hampson, 1898)
- Zebronia phenice (Cramer, 1780)
Drepanidae
- Epicampoptera strandi Bryk, 1913
- Gonoreta opacifinis Watson, 1965
- Gonoreta subtilis (Bryk, 1913)
- Isospidia brunneola (Holland, 1893)
- Negera confusa Walker, 1855
- Negera natalensis (Felder, 1874)
- Spidia fenestrata Butler, 1878
- Spidia planola Watson, 1965
- Spidia subviridis (Warren, 1899)
Elachistidae
- Orophia melicoma (Meyrick, 1931)
- Orophia taurina (Meyrick, 1928)
Eriocottidae
- Compsoctena ursulella (Walker, 1863)
Eupterotidae
- Acrojana sciron (Druce, 1887)
- Acrojana simillima Rothschild, 1932
- Acrojana splendida Rothschild, 1917
- Camerunia orphne (Schaus, 1893)
- Drepanojana fasciata Aurivillius, 1893
- Hoplojana soricis Rothschild, 1917
- Jana eurymas Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
- Jana strigina Westwood, 1849
- Phiala cunina Cramer, 1780
- Phiala odites Schaus, 1893
- Phiala venusta (Walker, 1865)
- Stenoglene giganteus (Rothschild, 1917)
- Stenoglene nivalis (Rothschild, 1917)
- Stenoglene thelda (Druce, 1887)
Gelechiidae
- Dichomeris eurynotus (Walsingham, 1897)
- Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders, 1844)
Geometridae
- Aletis helcita (Linnaeus, 1763)
- Allochrostes impunctata (Warren, 1897)
- Antitrygodes dentilinea Warren, 1897
- Apatadelpha biocellaria (Walker, 1863)
- Archichlora viridimacula Warren, 1898
- Bathycolpodes kabaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
- Bathycolpodes marginata (Warren, 1897)
- Biston abruptaria (Walker, 1869)
- Cartaletis gracilis (Möschler, 1887)
- Chiasmia conturbata (Warren, 1898)
- Chiasmia impar (Warren, 1897)
- Chiasmia ostentosaria (Möschler, 1887)
- Chiasmia rectistriaria (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
- Chiasmia streniata (Guenée, 1858)
- Chlorissa afflictaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
- Chlorissa malescripta (Warren, 1897)
- Chloroclystis sierraria Swinhoe, 1904
- Chlorodrepana angustimargo Warren, 1901
- Coenina aurivena Butler, 1898
- Cyclophora leonaria (Walker, 1861)
- Derambila costipunctata Warren, 1905
- Derambila syllaria (Swinhoe, 1904)
- Epigynopteryx fimosa (Warren, 1905)
- Ereunetea minor (Holland, 1893)
- Eucrostes beatificata (Walker, 1863)
- Geodena bandajoma Swinhoe, 1904
- Geodena marginalis Walker, 1856
- Geodena quadrigutta Walker, 1856
- Geodena semihyalina Swinhoe, 1904
- Gonochlora minutaria Swinhoe, 1904
- Heterostegane pleninotata Warren, 1901
- Hyalornis docta (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Idaea macrostyla (Warren, 1900)
- Idaea pulveraria (Snellen, 1872)
- Idaea submaculata (Warren, 1898)
- Idiochlora approximans (Warren, 1897)
- Larentia attenuata (Walker, 1862)
- Lophorrhachia palliata (Warren, 1898)
- Melinoessa aureola Prout, 1934
- Melinoessa fulvata (Drury, 1773)
- Melinoessa perlimbata (Guenée, 1857)
- Melinoessa sodaliata (Walker, 1862)
- Mesocolpia marmorata (Warren, 1899)
- Mesothisa flaccida Warren, 1905
- Metallospora catori Warren, 1905
- Miantochora incolorata Warren, 1899
- Miantochora venerata (Mabille, 1879)
- Mimaletis albipennis Warren, 1905
- Narthecusa tenuiorata Walker, 1862
- Neostega flaviguttata Warren, 1903
- Oxyfidonia fulvida Warren, 1905
- Oxyfidonia insolita (Warren, 1905)
- Paramilionia rubroplagata Bethune-Baker, 1906
- Perithalera oblongata (Warren, 1898)
- Pingasa rhadamaria (Guenée, 1858)
- Pingasa ruginaria (Guenée, 1858)
- Pitthea continua Walker, 1854
- Pitthea famula Drury, 1773
- Pitthea rubriplaga Warren, 1897
- Plegapteryx anomalus Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
- Problepsis digammata Kirby, 1896
- Problepsis flavistigma Swinhoe, 1904
- Problepsis ochripicta Warren, 1901
- Scopula cervinata (Warren, 1905)
- Scopula inscriptata (Walker, 1863)
- Scopula lactaria (Walker, 1861)
- Scopula laevipennis (Warren, 1897)
- Scopula minorata (Boisduval, 1833)
- Scopula natalica (Butler, 1875)
- Scopula ossicolor (Warren, 1897)
- Scopula planipennis (Warren, 1900)
- Scopula pseudophema Prout, 1920
- Scopula serena Prout, 1920
- Somatina impunctulata (Warren, 1901)
- Somatina nucleata Warren, 1905
- Somatina subviridata Warren, 1901
- Somatina virginalis Prout, 1917
- Terina renifera Warren, 1897
- Terina subfulva (Warren, 1905)
- Thalassodes dentatilinea Prout, 1912
- Thenopa nigraria (Swinhoe, 1904)
- Thetidia undulilinea (Warren, 1905)
- Traminda obversata (Walker, 1861)
- Unnamed genus Ennominae penumbrata (Warren, 1905)
- Xenochroma salsa (Warren, 1897)
- Xenostega tincta Warren, 1899
- Zamarada acrochra Prout, 1928
- Zamarada adumbrata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada amymone Prout, 1934
- Zamarada bicuspida D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada clementi Herbulot, 1975
- Zamarada corroborata Herbulot, 1954
- Zamarada cydippe Herbulot, 1954
- Zamarada dilucida Warren, 1909
- Zamarada eucharis (Drury, 1782)
- Zamarada euerces Prout, 1928
- Zamarada euphrosyne Oberthür, 1912
- Zamarada flavicosta Warren, 1897
- Zamarada ilaria Swinhoe, 1904
- Zamarada indicata D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada ixiaria Swinhoe, 1904
- Zamarada labifera Prout, 1915
- Zamarada leona Gaede, 1915
- Zamarada lepta D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada melanopyga Herbulot, 1954
- Zamarada melpomene Oberthür, 1912
- Zamarada mimesis D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada nasuta Warren, 1897
- Zamarada perlepidata (Walker, 1863)
- Zamarada platycephala D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada protrusa Warren, 1897
- Zamarada reflexaria (Walker, 1863)
- Zamarada regularis D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada sicula D. S. Fletcher, 1974
- Zamarada subinterrupta Gaede, 1915
- Zamarada vulpina Warren, 1897
Glyphipterigidae
- Glyphipterix gemmatella (Walker, 1864)
Gracillariidae
- Acrocercops eurhythmopa Meyrick, 1934
- Acrocercops leucostega (Meyrick, 1932)
- Acrocercops siphonaula Meyrick, 1931
- Spulerina hexalocha (Meyrick, 1912)
Himantopteridae
- Pseudothymara staudingeri (Rogenhofer, 1888)
Hyblaeidae
- Hyblaea tenuis Walker, 1866
Immidae
- Imma acroptila Meyrick, 1906
Lasiocampidae
- Cheligium lineatum (Aurivillius, 1893)
- Chrysopsyche mirifica (Butler, 1878)
- Cleopatrina bilinea (Walker, 1855)
- Eucraera magna (Aurivillius, 1908)
- Filiola dogma Zolotuhin & Gurkovich, 2009
- Filiola fulgurata (Aurivillius, 1909)
- Filiola lanceolata (Hering, 1932)
- Gelo calcarales Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
- Gonometa nysa Druce, 1887
- Gonopacha brotoessa (Holland, 1893)
- Lechriolepis citrina Schaus, 1897
- Lechriolepis heres Schaus, 1912
- Leipoxais directa (Walker, 1865)
- Leipoxais marginepunctata Holland, 1893
- Mimopacha cinerascens (Holland, 1893)
- Morongea lampara Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
- Morongea mastodont Zolotuhin & Prozorov, 2010
- Odontocheilopteryx conzolia Gurkovich & Zolotuhin, 2009
- Oplometa cassandra (Druce, 1887)
- Philotherma sordida Aurivillius, 1905
- Schausinna clementsi (Schaus, 1897)
- Stenophatna dentata (Aurivillius, 1899)
- Stoermeriana basale (Walker, 1855)
- Stoermeriana cervina (Aurivillius, 1927)
- Streblote postalbidum Schaus
- Streblote splendens (Druce, 1887)
Limacodidae
- Altha rubrifusalis Hampson, 1910
- Brachiopsis conjunctoides Hering, 1933
- Cosuma rugosa Walker, 1855
- Latoia canescens (Walker, 1855)
- Latoia picta (Walker, 1855)
- Miresa gliricidiae Hering, 1933
- Natada desperata Hering, 1928
- Niphadolepis seleniphora Hering, 1933
- Parasa semiochracea Hering, 1933
- Susica molybdea Hampson, 1910
- Trachyptena nigromaculata Hering, 1928
- Zinara ploetzi Schaus & Clements, 1893
Lymantriidae
- Aroa danva Schaus & Clements, 1893
- Aroa leonensis Hampson, 1910
- Batella lampra (Hering, 1926)
- Batella muscosa (Holland, 1893)
- Conigephyra discolepia (Hampson, 1910)
- Crorema mentiens Walker, 1855
- Dasychira bacchans (Karsch, 1898)
- Dasychira citana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Dasychira goodii (Holland, 1893)
- Dasychira leucogramma Hampson, 1910
- Dasychira lulua Collenette, 1937
- Dasychira robusta (Walker, 1855)
- Dasychira suspecta Hering, 1926
- Dasychira thermoplaga Hampson, 1910
- Dasychira ticana Schaus & Clements, 1893
- Eudasychira georgiana (Fawcett, 1900)
- Euproctis conizona Collenette, 1933
- Euproctis consocia Walker, 1865
- Euproctis discipuncta (Holland, 1893)
- Euproctis pygmaea (Walker, 1855)
- Griveaudyria ila (Swinhoe, 1904)
- Heteronygmia manicata (Aurivillius, 1892)
- Knappetra fasciata (Walker, 1855)
- Laelia dochmia Collenette, 1960
- Laelia eutricha Collenette, 1931
- Laelia fracta Schaus & Clements, 1893
- Laelia rosea Schaus & Clements, 1893
- Laelia subrosea (Walker, 1855)
- Leucoma luteipes (Walker, 1855)
- Marbla divisa (Walker, 1855)
- Marblepsis flabellaria (Fabricius, 1787)
- Naroma signifera Walker, 1856
- Naroma varipes (Walker, 1865)
- Neomardara africana (Holland, 1893)
- Olene basalis (Walker, 1855)
- Otroeda aino (Bryk, 1915)
- Otroeda cafra (Drury, 1780)
- Otroeda hesperia (Cramer, 1779)
- Otroeda nerina (Drury, 1780)
- Paqueta chloroscia (Hering, 1926)
- Paramarbla indentata (Holland, 1893)
- Pseudostracilla infausta Hering, 1926
- Rahona ladburyi (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
- Somatoxena lasea (Druce, 1899)
Metarbelidae
- Haberlandia rabiusi Lehmann, 2011
- Melisomimas metallica Hampson, 1914
- Ortharbela obliquifascia (Hampson, 1910)
- Paralebedella schultzei (Aurivillius, 1905)
- Salagena transversa Walker, 1865
- Teragra angulifascia Gaede, 1929
- Teragra umbrifera Hampson, 1910
Noctuidae
- Achaea albicilia (Walker, 1858)
- Achaea albifimbria (Walker, 1869)
- Achaea boris (Geyer, 1837)
- Achaea catocaloides Guenée, 1852
- Achaea echo (Walker, 1858)
- Achaea ezea (Cramer, 1779)
- Achaea faber Holland, 1894
- Achaea finita (Guenée, 1852)
- Achaea illustrata Walker, 1858
- Achaea indicabilis Walker, 1858
- Achaea intercisa Walker, 1865
- Achaea lienardi (Boisduval, 1833)
- Achaea occidens (Hampson, 1913)
- Acontia citrelinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Acontia glaphyra Holland, 1894
- Acontia hemiselenias (Hampson, 1918)
- Acontia insocia (Walker, 1857)
- Acrapex spoliata (Walker, 1863)
- Agoma trimenii (Felder, 1874)
- Agrotis talda (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Amblyprora magnifica (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Amyna axis Guenée, 1852
- Anachrostis metaphaea Hampson, 1926
- Anigraea siccata (Hampson, 1905)
- Anomis fulvida Guenée, 1852
- Anomis leona (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Araeopteron canescens (Walker, 1865)
- Araeopteron griseata Hampson, 1907
- Argyrogramma signata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Asota speciosa (Drury, 1773)
- Aspidifrontia hemileuca (Hampson, 1909)
- Athyrma discimacula Hampson, 1926
- Audea endophaea Hampson, 1913
- Authadistis nyctichroa Hampson, 1926
- Autoba brachygonia (Hampson, 1910)
- Avitta atripuncta Hampson, 1926
- Blasticorhinus trichopoda Hampson, 1926
- Brithodes bathisalis (Walker, 1859)
- Caligatus angasii Wing, 1850
- Callopistria maillardi (Guenée, 1862)
- Campydelta campyla (Hampson, 1909)
- Cerynea trichobasis Hampson, 1910
- Condica pauperata (Walker, 1858)
- Cophanta occidentalis Hampson, 1910
- Crameria amabilis (Drury, 1773)
- Cretonia platyphaeella Walker, 1866
- Cyligramma amblyops Mabille, 1891
- Cyligramma fluctuosa (Drury, 1773)
- Cyligramma limacina (Guérin-Méneville, 1832)
- Dysgonia abnegans (Walker, 1858)
- Dysgonia conjunctura (Walker, 1858)
- Dysgonia humilis Holland, 1894
- Dysgonia multilineata (Holland, 1894)
- Dysgonia palpalis (Walker, 1865)
- Dysgonia torrida (Guenée, 1852)
- Dysgonia trogosema (Hampson, 1913)
- Elaphria plectilis (Guenée, 1852)
- Entomogramma pardus Guenée, 1852
- Episparis fenestrifera Bryk, 1915
- Episparis gomphiona Hampson, 1926
- Ercheia subsignata (Walker, 1865)
- Ericeia congregata (Walker, 1858)
- Eublemma albicosta Hampson, 1910
- Eublemma apicipunctum (Saalmüller, 1891)
- Eublemma carneotincta Hampson, 1910
- Eublemma colla (Schaus, 1893)
- Eublemma exigua (Walker, 1858)
- Eublemma ochrochroa Hampson, 1910
- Eublemma orthogramma (Snellen, 1872)
- Eublemma sciaphora Hampson, 1910
- Eudrapa basipunctum Walker, 1858
- Eutelia melanopis Hampson, 1905
- Eutelia nigridentula Hampson, 1905
- Eutelia snelleni Saalmüller, 1881
- Eutelia subrubens (Mabille, 1890)
- Feliniopsis africana (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Feliniopsis gueneei (Laporte, 1973)
- Feliniopsis thoracica (Walker, 1858)
- Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
- Grammodes stolida (Fabricius, 1775)
- Helicoverpa assulta (Guenée, 1852)
- Heliophisma catocalina Holland, 1894
- Heliophisma klugii (Boisduval, 1833)
- Heliophisma xanthoptera (Hampson, 1910)
- Heraclia catori (Jordan, 1904)
- Heraclia geryon (Fabricius, 1781)
- Heraclia hornimani (Druce, 1880)
- Heraclia pallida (Walker, 1854)
- Heraclia terminatis (Walker, 1856)
- Holocryptis melanosticta Hampson, 1910
- Holocryptis permaculata Hampson, 1910
- Hydrillodes janalis Schaus & Clements, 1893
- Hypena ducalis Schaus & Clemens, 1893
- Hypena saltalis Schaus & Clemens, 1893
- Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]
- Hypocala tenuis Walker, 1866
- Hypopyra capensis Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
- Hyposada hydrocampata (Guenée, 1858)
- Hyposada juncturalis (Walker, 1866)
- Ilyrgis ethiopica Hampson, 1926
- Leoniloma convergens Hampson, 1926
- Leucania insulicola Guenée, 1852
- Libystica crenata Hampson, 1926
- Libystica eucampima Hampson, 1926
- Lithacodia blandula (Guenée, 1862)
- Lophiophora purpurata (Hampson, 1926)
- Lophoptera litigiosa (Boisduval, 1833)
- Marcipa secticona Hampson, 1926
- Marcipa talusina (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Massaga hesparia (Cramer, 1775)
- Massaga maritona Butler, 1868
- Maxera nigriceps (Walker, 1858)
- Melionica bertha (Schaus, 1893)
- Metagarista aziyade Vuillot, 1892
- Metagarista maenas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853)
- Metagarista triphaenoides Walker, 1854
- Mimasura asticta Hampson, 1910
- Mimasura disticta Hampson, 1910
- Miniodes discolor Guenée, 1852
- Miniodes phaeosoma Hampson, 1913
- Mitrophrys magna (Walker, 1854)
- Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)
- Mocis conveniens (Walker, 1858)
- Mocis mayeri (Boisduval, 1833)
- Neostichtis nigricostata (Hampson, 1908)
- Oglasa holophaea Hampson, 1926
- Ophiusa conspicienda (Walker, 1858)
- Ophiusa dilecta Walker, 1865
- Ophiusa rufescens (Hampson, 1913)
- Oruza latifera (Walker, 1869)
- Orygmophora mediofoveata Hampson, 1926
- Pangrapta eucraspeda Hampson, 1926
- Pangrapta seriopuncta Hampson, 1926
- Panilla hadrastis Hampson, 1926
- Parachalciope benitensis (Holland, 1894)
- Parachalciope euclidicola (Walker, 1858)
- Parafodina ectrogia (Hampson, 1926)
- Paralephana consocia Hampson, 1926
- Paralephana costisignata Hampson, 1926
- Phytometra duplicalis (Walker, 1866)
- Phytometra silona (Schaus & Clements, 1893)
- Plecoptera leucosticha Hampson, 1926
- Plecopterodes moderata (Wallengren, 1860)
- Polytelodes florifera (Walker, 1858)
- Pseudoarcte melanis (Mabille, 1890)
- Pseudogiria hypographa (Hampson, 1926)
- Rhesala moestalis (Walker, 1866)
- Rivula craspisticta Hampson, 1926
- Schausia gladiatoria (Holland, 1893)
- Schausia leona (Schaus, 1893)
- Soloe trigutta Walker, 1854
- Spodoptera cilium Guenée, 1852
- Spodoptera exempta (Walker, 1857)
- Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)
- Spodoptera triturata (Walker, 1857)
- Tavia nyctombra Hampson, 1926
- Tavia polycyma Hampson, 1926
- Thiacidas schausi (Hampson, 1905)
- Toana acidalica Hampson, 1910
- Tolna sypnoides (Butler, 1878)
- Tolna versicolor Walker, 1869
- Trigonodes hyppasia (Cramer, 1779)
- Ugia rufilinea Hampson, 1926
- Uripao albizonata Hampson, 1926
Nolidae
- Arcyophora polla (Schaus, 1893)
- Blenina chloromelana (Mabille, 1890)
- Blenina miota Hampson, 1905
- Characoma miophora Hampson, 1912
- Earias biplaga Walker, 1866
- Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)
- Hesperothripa dicyma Hampson, 1912
- Leocyma camilla (Druce, 1887)
- Nanarhyncha nolophaea Hampson, 1918
- Negeta luminosa (Walker, 1858)
- Negeta mesoleuca (Holland, 1894)
- Neonegeta pollusca (Schaus, 1893)
- Nola flaviciliata (Hampson, 1901)
- Nola furvitincta (Hampson, 1914)
- Nola major Hampson, 1891
- Nola melanoscelis (Hampson, 1914)
- Nola transecta Hampson, 1901
- Pardasena minorella Walker, 1866
- Pardasena roeselioides (Walker, 1858)
- Pardoxia graellsii (Feisthamel, 1837)
- Selepa leucogonia (Hampson, 1905)
- Westermannia agrapha Hampson, 1905
Notodontidae
- Afrocerura leonensis (Hampson, 1910)
- Amphiphalera leuconephra Hampson, 1910
- Antheua rufovittata (Aurivillius, 1901)
- Antheua simplex Walker, 1855
- Antheua trifasciata (Hampson, 1909)
- Antheua vittata (Walker, 1855)
- Atrasana rectilinea (Gaede, 1928)
- Brachychira elegans Aurivillius, 1907
- Catarctia divisa (Walker, 1855)
- Catarctia rothschildi (Kiriakoff, 1955)
- Desmeocraera albicans Gaede, 1928
- Desmeocraera bitioides (Holland, 1893)
- Diopeithes cyamina Kiriakoff, 1958
- Enomotarcha chloana (Holland, 1893)
- Epidonta brunneomixta (Mabille, 1897)
- Janthinisca flavipennis (Hampson, 1910)
- Lamoriodes metaleuca Hampson, 1910
- Odontoperas archonta Kiriakoff, 1959
- Rasemia citaria (Schaus, 1893)
- Rasemia macrodonta (Hampson, 1909)
- Scalmicauda molestula Kiriakoff, 1959
- Scrancia accipites (Schaus, 1893)
- Stauropussa chloe (Holland, 1893)
- Synete olivaceofusca (Rothschild, 1917)
- Tmetopteryx bisecta (Rothschild, 1917)
- Tricholoba atriclathrata Hampson, 1910
- Ulinella xylostola (Hampson, 1910)
- Utidaviana citana (Schaus, 1893)
Oecophoridae
- Calliphractis phyllograpta Meyrick, 1928
- Epiphractis superciliaris Meyrick, 1930
- Stathmopoda auriferella (Walker, 1864)
Psychidae
- Acanthopsyche sierricola (White, 1858)
- Eumeta cervina Druce, 1887
- Metisa aethiops (Hampson, 1910)
Pterophoridae
- Megalorhipida leucodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
- Pterophorus candidalis (Walker, 1864)
Pyralidae
- Eldana saccharina Walker, 1865
- Endotricha niveifimbrialis Hampson, 1906
- Endotricha vinolentalis Ragonot, 1891
- Palmia adustalis (Hampson, 1917)
- Paraglossa zonalis Hampson, 1906
Saturniidae
- Aurivillius arata (Westwood, 1849)
- Aurivillius triramis Rothschild, 1907
- Carnegia mirabilis (Aurivillius, 1895)
- Epiphora boolana Strand, 1909
- Holocerina angulata (Aurivillius, 1893)
- Imbrasia epimethea (Drury, 1772)
- Lobobunaea acetes (Westwood, 1849)
- Lobobunaea phaedusa (Drury, 1782)
- Micragone herilla (Westwood, 1849)
- Micragone nenia (Westwood, 1849)
- Nudaurelia alopia Westwood, 1849
- Nudaurelia eblis Strecker, 1876
- Nudaurelia jamesoni (Druce, 1890)
- Nudaurelia mitfordi (Kirby, 1892)
- Nudaurelia staudingeri Aurivillius, 1893
- Nudaurelia xanthomma (Rothschild, 1907)
- Pselaphelia gemmifera (Butler, 1878)
- Pseudobunaea alinda (Sonthonnax, 1899)
Sesiidae
- Camaegeria exochiformis (Walker, 1856)
- Camaegeria monogama (Meyrick, 1932)
- Chamanthedon brillians (Beutenmüller, 1899)
- Chamanthedon striata Gaede, 1929
- Episannina zygaenura (Meyrick, 1933)
- Lepidopoda sylphina Hampson, 1919
- Lophoceps quinquepuncta Hampson, 1919
- Melittia chlorophila (Hering, 1935)
- Paranthrene anthrax Le Cerf, 1916
- Synanthedon rubripicta Hampson, 1919
- Tipulamima nigriceps Hampson, 1919
- Vespaegeria typica Strand, 1913
Sphingidae
- Acanthosphinx guessfeldti (Dewitz, 1879)
- Acherontia atropos (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Antinephele achlora Holland, 1893
- Antinephele anomala (Butler, 1882)
- Antinephele lunulata Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Antinephele maculifera Holland, 1889
- Atemnora westermannii (Boisduval, 1875)
- Basiothia medea (Fabricius, 1781)
- Centroctena rutherfordi (Druce, 1882)
- Cephonodes hylas (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Chloroclanis virescens (Butler, 1882)
- Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Hippotion eson (Cramer, 1779)
- Hypaedalea butleri Rothschild, 1894
- Hypaedalea insignis Butler, 1877
- Leucostrophus commasiae (Walker, 1856)
- Macroglossum trochilus (Hübner, 1823)
- Macropoliana natalensis (Butler, 1875)
- Neopolyptychus pygarga (Karsch, 1891)
- Nephele accentifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1821)
- Nephele funebris (Fabricius, 1793)
- Nephele oenopion (Hübner, [1824])
- Nephele peneus (Cramer, 1776)
- Nephele rectangulata Rothschild, 1895
- Nephele rosae Butler, 1875
- Phylloxiphia bicolor (Rothschild, 1894)
- Phylloxiphia formosa (Schultze, 1914)
- Phylloxiphia goodii (Holland, 1889)
- Phylloxiphia illustris (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906)
- Phylloxiphia oweni (Carcasson, 1968)
- Platysphinx phyllis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Platysphinx vicaria Jordan, 1920
- Polyptychus affinis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Polyptychus andosa Walker, 1856
- Polyptychus anochus Rothschild & Jordan, 1906
- Polyptychus carteri (Butler, 1882)
- Polyptychus nigriplaga Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Polyptychus orthographus Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Polyptychus retusus Rothschild & Jordan, 1908
- Pseudoclanis occidentalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Pseudoclanis postica (Walker, 1856)
- Pseudoclanis rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1781)
- Rufoclanis rosea (Druce, 1882)
- Temnora crenulata (Holland, 1893)
- Temnora eranga (Holland, 1889)
- Temnora funebris (Holland, 1893)
- Temnora iapygoides (Holland, 1889)
- Temnora plagiata Walker, 1856
- Temnora pseudopylas (Rothschild, 1894)
- Temnora sardanus (Walker, 1856)
- Temnora spiritus (Holland, 1893)
- Temnora stevensi Rothschild & Jordan, 1903
- Theretra jugurtha (Boisduval, 1875)
- Theretra orpheus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
Thyrididae
- Byblisia albaproxima Bethune-Baker, 1911
- Byblisia latipes Walker, 1865
- Byblisia setipes (Plötz, 1880)
- Chrysotypus dawsoni Distant, 1897
- Dysodia vitrina (Boisduval, 1829)
- Dysodia zelleri (Dewitz, 1881)
- Marmax hyparchus (Cramer, 1779)
- Marmax iridea (Mabille, 1892)
- Marmax semiaurata (Walker, 1854)
- Marmax vicaria (Walker, 1854)
- Ninia plumipes (Drury, 1782)
- Striglina clathrata (Hampson, 1897)
- Trichobaptes auristrigata (Plötz, 1880)
Tineidae
- Afrocelestis inanis Gozmány, 1968
- Afrocelestis sacculata Gozmány, 1968
- Agnathosia byrsinopa (Meyrick, 1933)
- Ceratophaga tenebrosa Gozmány, 1968
- Criticonoma doliopis (Meyrick, 1932)
- Crypsithyris concolorella (Walker, 1863)
- Cylicobathra cuspidata (Gozmány, 1968)
- Ecpeptamena esotera Gozmány, 1968
- Edosa endroedyi (Gozmány, 1966)
- Erechthias travestita (Gozmány, 1968)
- Galachrysis armata Gozmány, 1968
- Hyperbola bradleyi Gozmány, 1966
- Hyperbola pastoralis (Meyrick, 1931)
- Machaeropteris euthysana Meyrick, 1931
- Nannotinea holovalva Gozmány, 1968
- Oinophila argyrospora Meyrick, 1931
- Organodesma heptazona (Meyrick, 1931)
- Perissomastix stibarodes (Meyrick, 1908)
- Phalloscardia semiumbrata (Meyrick, 1920)
- Phereoeca praecox Gozmány & Vári, 1973
- Phereoeca proletaria (Meyrick, 1921)
- Pitharcha atrisecta (Meyrick, 1918)
- Pitharcha chalinaea Meyrick, 1908
- Semeoloncha penicillata Gozmány, 1968
- Setomorpha rutella Zeller, 1852
- Silosca licziae Gozmány, 1967
- Sphallestasis forficula (Gozmány, 1968)
- Syncalipsis myrmecozelis Gozmány, 1968
- Syncalipsis triangularis Gozmány, 1968
- Tinea atomosella Walker, 1863
- Tinea subalbidella Stainton, 1867
Tortricidae
- Cosmorrhyncha acrocosma (Meyrick, 1908)
- Cydia hemisphaerana (Walsingham, 1897)
- Eccopsis wahlbergiana Zeller, 1852
- Grapholita confertana Walker, 1864
- Mictocommosis microctenota (Meyrick, 1933)
- Olethreutes cybicopa (Meyrick, 1933)
- Proschistis petromacha (Meyrick, 1931)
- Rhodotoxotis arciferana (Mabille, 1900)
- Thaumatotibia batrachopa (Meyrick, 1908)
- Tortrix dinota Meyrick, 1918
Uraniidae
- Dirades theclata (Guenée, 1858)
- Epiplema confuscata Warren, 1909
- Epiplema rotunda Warren, 1909
- Epiplema subdistincta Warren, 1905
Xyloryctidae
- Eretmocera laetissima Zeller, 1852
Zygaenidae
- Homophylotis catori Jordan, 1907
- Metanycles contracta Walker, 1864
- Saliunca aurifrons Walker, 1864
- Saliunca solora (Plötz, 1880)
- Saliunca styx (Fabricius, 1775)
- Syringura triplex (Plötz, 1880)
- Tascia instructa (Walker, 1854)
See also
References
External links
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)". Afromoths.
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